For a few hundred dollars a year, you have the peace of mind that you're not going to have to dish out thousands when that dishwasher, AC, furnace, microwave, or whatever goes out. 

Both of you are considered to be a disqualified persons to his IRA, more on this here:https://www.biggerpockets.com/blogs/2810/47960-dis...He does not need to take out a distributions and get taxed on that. 

But for those that are these programs I'd imagine get the food prepared and put in the oven and within the first few attempts yield some tasty/lucrative results. 

I sort of imagine it to a dish sponge standing in front of a firehose!

Give Relevance to posts by people actually doing deals (the whole guru mentality, that anyone can dish out advice, but are they doing it themselves?)

@Eileigh Bevers - echoing the welcome that others have dished out, welcome to the community!

Then toss the motivated sellers topic into the conversational salad like a couple of tasty croutons and see if they bite.Simply google for property managers in Charlotte, and start cold calling/emailing property managers and take one out to lunch every week.In a couple months time, you'll have spent less than $500 and met with 10+ property managers face to face who know you're an agent looking for motivated sellers.

You have to take in to consideration that you are only repairing one side so what if you spend this $10k and have to dish out more on the next side.there are many things to factor here.

More than one bathroom makes a live in flip easier - you remodel one bath while still being able to use the other(s).A property with a utility sink makes it much easier to wash dishes than doing them in the bathtub, although your kitchen won't be torn apart forever.A garage to store tools is nice to have.Avoid the "weird" houses.

Students rarely have time -- or worse -- just see a mess as someone else's problem or something they will get to later so dishes in the sink, bugs, cleaning after their pets, etc, are just a few of the problem areas.