Having the soil under the foundation change from dry to wet to dry over and over is not good. 

I don't know what your history or experience  is but as I'm new to the game, my partner (who is super familiar with the Flint area) and I are scared to death at getting our feet wet on our first property with HML so we're taking a different approach to flipping altogether.  

This drain is open, so something needs done there or it will get quite wet under there.There is a double sink in the bathroom.

Excited that we are getting our feet wet with a multi-family in East Cleveland for BRRR.  

I had to pay back taxes of 5k, and it happened in about 3 weeks, which is super fast.it's a ranch, 3 bedrooms, brick, basement, 2 car garage, backs up to a high school. it's between Beech Daily and Inkster road.it's dirty, the roof had caved in at one point and my roofer will go there and change it soon. the hardwood in the room where the roof caved in is moldy, obviously been wet for awhile.this house will be cleaned, demoed, locked and will wait for us until we can get to it. we are 4 houses behind at the moment, so it's nice to stock pile for "rainy day".i am not revealing the price yet because i might wholesale this one. there's plenty of spread for someone to make some money on it..i have another one under contract for 66k from the MLS, but i migth pass on that one since i am low on funds at the moment.still self manage, have a 8-4 day job, a wife that travels out of state during the week and 2 monsters under 4 yrs old to take care of.yes, i think about quitting my day job daily, thanks for asking. :)

I am currently looking in the market with an agent for a my first home and accentually going to be househacking for my first year to get my feet wet to start off my long journey of real estate investing.

You may want to start with long-term rentals and get your feet wet that way first. 

Anything wet or rain induced under the foundation you need to avoid it.Good luck

It's a sad story, but it has to end so a new chapter can start.With the emergency management, the unions can stamp around all they want, the well has run dry, and yelling at it won't make it wet again.

I've found those are the types who couldn't investigate their way out of a wet paper bag much less conduct a good tenant screening.