If you haven't already, read "The Book on Estimating Rehab Costs" by J.

To expand on this, and to peg when a person can just be "The Owner" and wash hands of being IN the day-2-day.... 

Outside of West Oakland, what areas would you say are likely to go up in value over time - what pockets/neighborhoods are you looking at?

@Andy Jimenez you need to put your ad on the Classifieds Forum.The BP Moderators will flag & remove this ad very soon...

Hey , i am new to the bigger pocket forums , we are thinking of trying to get away from Canada and i was wondering about getting work with a builder /contractor under an E-2 or similar visa . Does anyone have experien...

So Augusta, GA is one of the locations that has been on the top of my list.  

WE create value so different bizz model and my capital partners ( I provide the capital) have done equally well in value add.. in my mind what slowed was the vanilla rental real estate bizz.. we all know that rates rose higher than rent.. so cash flow got squeezed ..

@Stacie Telles Assuming you took out a conventional mortgage on the property you won't be able to refinance for at least 12 months.

I'd also add to that that you are paying a 20% withholding tax on gross rental income. 

There doesn’t seem to be a lot of great deals where I am since land has increased in value so much in the last few years.