No nights, no weekends, work out of my office.

In my experience, only about 1 in 10 short sales work out.  

Ok so I could potentially work out a deal that could make me some money.

Keep us posted on how the offers work out.

I immediately thought to assign the home but in order for the numbers to work out I'd need her to drop the price.

It's just more labor intensive for the contractor.Having separate small houses like that can work out nicely in a B+ or A neighborhood since adding the private fences, and perhaps a private patio/bbq area for the residents could really add value.

Many families want a play room for the kids, a crafting/scrapbooking room for mom, a workout room, a home office, a "man cave" to watch the football game, etc. 

Since rehabbing and flipping my first property is my only priority at the time, I think I can save a buck and learn a lot if I find individual sub contractors for each task. For some of the tasks at hand I know the ty...

Like I said if you are able to physically go there (and you may be in FL but if there is a problem you can easily go) it could work out but it was real work and even after that work the returns were higher on B class units. 

and with nothing more than a high school diploma he'll be digging ditches for the Chinese if things don't work out.