Purchase price: $227,500 Cash invested: $19,000 Sale price: $318,000 Cosmetic Flip (1-2) in 90 daysKitchen Cabinet Paint (Grain filler + Shellac + BM Advance)Kitchen/Entry flooringBathroom 1 cosmetic (flooring, paint, and mirrors)Bathroom 2 full (flooring, paint, and fixtures)Every room paintBasement finishing (black ceiling, walls, and painted concrete floor) What made you interested in investing in this type of deal?

Awesome feedback and tons of food for thought when it comes to decision making.

Food for thought!

Disclaimer: I'm still an aspiring investor, so take the following with a grain of salt.Hi @Chris Padgett, when I analyze properties here in the forums, I'm usually much more interested in where a report's numbers come from, compared to what the numbers are. 

I’m not really a huge shopper, majority of my money goes to food and bills so figuring out where I can cut back in those areas I’m sure will help a lot.

The way I explain it to my tenants is that roaches are generally attracted to food, and we can't control how tenants maintain their unit (like do they bag put their trash in a trashcan that prevents bugs from being attracted to it? 

So much food for thought!!  

With all advice you have to take it with a grain of salt.  

And you will have loads of permitting to deal with since you are talking about food, so be prepared for delays and unexpected costs. 

Take my advice with a grain of salt as I am an agent... but your stance of only wanting to buy direct (when you have not done so before) is going to really limit you.