I appreciate the honesty.  

When choosing tenants, my priority is honesty.

I will tell you in all honesty that if a deal is only a deal if you don't include a title insurance and typical closing fees, then it was never a deal to begin with.

You can not, and in all honesty you should really only expect to get the $1227 portion. 

@Jay Hinrichs To be honest, I want to make $100k/mo.  

The latter is what I hope to eventually accomplish.I'll be honest, I don't know the first thing about rehabbing, wholesaling, tax liens etc.

He makes no excuses for ABC but to be honest, I have to now question Maverick since they supposedly vetted and referred ABC.

I tells ya.. honesty... it get's you far.

For this I would need time and access to the house to have contractors walk through the house and give bids.So I will tell them that if I am going to put time and effort into having contractors giving me bids, I do want the contract signed at the value they owe, but if I can't have the contractor's numbers work for this deal I can walk away.I have noticed that absolute honesty and being open and direct will get people to let you do a lot.I am confident they will accept the terms as they really need to sell.So basically, I can still try to make it work (for us all) and if I can't I walk away.Any thoughts ?

I have started a real estate brokage to be based on honesty and professional dealings.