I am friends with multiple attorneys, my neighbor is an escrow officer (who did our personal home's refi at rock bottom costs), we have a terrific realtor, and my father owns a major home inspection company (www.homecert.com <--hopefully posting links is acceptable).

We bought it for $23,500 on 10/31/13 and rehab came in under budget at about $8,500 which included tree removal, siding repair, Porch support post replaced, sheet rock and paint int., tile kitchen/dining, hall, laundry, new carpet living room, BRs, appliances, plumbing repairs, new ceiling fans/light fixtures throughout, insulate attic, new int.doors and front entry door (kicked in while rehabbing), blinds.

In the industry we call fiberglass filters rock stoppers.

Can I get a nice property in Austin for around $150000 (or less) 3/2 good condition ( I don't have the means nor resources to rehab then rent given I don't know a soul) SF Bay Area I rock and roll all day long.OK Gents...gosh you have been so gracious...hope to meet in the big A some time real soon!!!!

Before joining Castle Rock, I spent 20 years in lending.

I am Virginia Edwards, from Little Rock, Arkansas.

So if I want to change a window, a door, replace more than X amount of sheet rock, add/remove/move a wall, fix any electrical, change out plumbing, replace AC or just about anything else I need a permit pulled by a licensed contractor otherwise the city will fine me, shut down my job and have my utilities disconnected if I don't comply.

By the way the FREE REAL ESTATE BOOK advertisement you keep seeing on this page if you are in Canada or Ontario more specifically is the guys at Rock Star Real Estate.

I have found one that's located in in Ontario called Rock Star Real Estate Inc, located in Burlington Ontario Their website is [LINK REMOVED] I'm still in university so I don't have a lot of time to do much right now besides reading information online.

Bringing a sewer main 100 yards is extremely spendy, especially if there is any rock in the soil.