Once they help you and you give a stellar report about how the lender was your newfound hero that should help them get some more business too :-)

If people think houses, or other assets, go up linearly then I am at a loss for words. i was on a cruise last fall and my wife made friends with a lady in Art Class and it we had dinner with  her and hubby.. turns out hubby was on the Board of American homes for Rent... they own about 30k homes.. they morphed from buying from others to building their own.. and then when rates rose they stopped and are just treading water at this time.. at least thats the report for that company..

Nothing has been signed and no funds have been exchanged (aside from credit report costs to TransUnion, which I'll probably refund).

Make sure to thoroughly review the reports, including eviction history and criminal records, to protect your investment.

Consider having a mold inspection done and include the report in your listing documents to remove doubt for future buyers

@Elvin William you should be able to figure that out yourself by using Zillow to analyze for sale & rental prices.Zillow also has a feature that allows you to export a report of all the average sales prices for each zip code.

So continue to report anyone you see that is just a shill for trying to upvote or popularize a thread. 

Is there anything I can do in the run up until the purchase to be prepared for doing a bonus depreciation or cost segregation report etc....?

Here's the latest market report (based on single family homes): Mortgage Rates:30-year conventional rate today is 6.61%30-year VA rate today is 6.14% Median Sales Price:July: $487,483August: $480,000Sept: $490,000 New Listings:July: 2,068August: 2,198Sept: 1,910 Median Days on Market Until Sale:July: 14August: 16Sept: 20 Months Supply of Inventory:July: 2.8August: 3.1Sept: 3.1 What does "Months Supply of Inventory" mean?

See if there is a way to get a police report to see if there are any criminals, or sex offenders on that street.8.