I'm looking for a few good painters to give quotes for painting and also potentially replacing siding.

I also think the site itself has a 1st mover advantage in the niche.   

So the risk to you in that situation is that you could have already spent some money for inspections, earnest money or whatever, and then you end up losing your financing right before closing and potentially any money you've already spent.  

Thanks for the help though, it makes me feel at least a little better about the potential worst that could happen. 

So bottom line I am finding that it is all about marketing, especially to the specific industries near by and getting your place in front of as many potential customers as possible.

However, I have stayed persistent and some non traditional financing options have gradually presented themselves.Recently, I came across a deal that I thought had some potential.

We have started looking at potential properties in the twin cities, mostly in the North Minneapolis area.

We have started looking at potential properties in the twin cities, mostly in the North Minneapolis area.

If there is potential to increase he rent or your loan basis is significantly less then your cash flow will improve.Property # 2.

This begs the question of whether it's more profitable to do long term rental leases or short term vacation rentals or even an Airbnb setup for these properties.The main reasoning here of course is the still very depressed prices offering high potential for return.