Don't force the first deal...or all you will get is your first property

Once it's sat for a while, or all the offers are in the same ballpark, sellers usually come around.

They stayed warm due to generating lots of heat internally and only heating the portions of the house being used {i.e. you would not heat the dining room or salon during the night}.With older properties we usually lay-out a plan to improve the building envelope first through air sealing (getting rid of drafts and convection within the wall cavities) and, where possible, insulation {not always straight forward ... many old brick buildings have limited insulation options due to the brick requiring heat transfer from inside to drive moisture from the brick}.Around here it is not uncommon to find an old mansion converted to multiple units - or the occasional purpose-built multi-unit - where the operating costs are 70 - 80% of the revenue and heating comprises 20 - 25% of the operating costs.  

Also, even though you might tell a tenant that the current tenant will be vacated by a certain date they look at that as something else they have to deal with.The reason people aren't showing up to the open houses is because they do not meet one or all of your minimum quals and their is really no incentive for them to tell you this, they can just not show up and never talk to you again. 

(Most people just use credit cards now and don't carry around too much cash or a check book)But in a software program, any time you make a deposit into a checking account or write a check, it will be inserted into a Check Registry that keeps tabs on deposit and withdrawals  that you make from a certain bank or all banks that you use in QuickBooks. 

If your numbers are tight, then I think you can get great CoC returns IFFF you can finance some or all of the rehab.  

I don't know if it's just my area, or all of CA, but I don't want to take the risk.

I just focused on making sure that I was going to be putting in less than it was worth when it was done, and that the other unit would rent out enough to cover most or all of my mortgage.

Page by page we built maps of the entire area he was responsible for knowing.When your oral test questions were: “There’s a heartattack at 142 Heartbreak Lane.

Or, for the second position lender to get it back if nobody bids and then sell it and get some or all of what they're owed or possibly even turn a profit.