We took a private loan out for the rehab and the time to pay it back has past so we are super motivated to just get this thing across the finish line.

We call it Super Tuesday....most people probably have to pick their auction. 

  - Handling the construction draw process (without using a third party service to facilitate) can be super cumbersome and difficult to understand to most lay PML investors.

If you buy a random property in an unfamiliar neighborhood you will get crushed by deferred maintenance, or your tenants, or both.like this guy.https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/48/topics/1160450-run-i...or, for a super thoughtful thread on someone investing in the midwest from California with lots of good responses:https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/48/topics/1159104-overl...Higher interest rates have really hurt cash flow, and it's not worth it to buy something just to buy.

I am going to do it myself but then I think I am not getting paid and it is free for me to get a cleaning crew cuz its on the tenants dime - they did not follow the lease and have it super clean ready for someone new to move in.Also how do you get furniture imprints out of carpet?

We often require prospects to apply before they can see a property - yes, we lose some qualified prospects, but we win bigger via weeding out unqualified time-wasters.We charge a $25 app fee which only covers our hard costs for screening report, so no refund issues.Can't see how the 2nd fee would go over well, unless you are in a super hot market.

Also, just because a fence is super ugly doesn't mean it is not structurally sound and needs to be replaced.

Originally posted by @Carl Mathis:AFAIK section 8 inspections are owner certification only at this time due to covid.also: Be super duper careful with section 8 - many people have good experiences but the concern is that if anything goes sideways you are stuck in a horrible situation with a bureaucracy run by incompetent low intelligence bumbling fools making everything hard / impossible.

What's super annoying for me is that I used to be able to say "period" and it would add the . for me, now there's no way that Ive figured out to get that to work again.

Over time, you develop super reliable people that know you are going to pay well and always be very up front with what you expect.