We bought a two-unit in the union street historic district (city) and are just finishing up the final touches on the bottom unit, will be ST renting that one while I begin renovations on the upper unit that will be MT rental.

Take the bottom off and dump the crumbs into the garbage?

.….INCLUDING …ALL… COSTS, FEES , CONSULTING FEES.You will likely get one of the two following responses..1) “ the hud 1 isn’t available”… if you are financing…..this is FALSE…the disclosure IS available..as it is one of the benchmark doc FOR the financing.Or..2) that wholesaler, guru, or turn key company says that they don’t want to do business with you… what they Actually just taught you.. is that you don’t want to do business with them..OOOHHH.OPTION THREE..no problem Mr Buyer… here’s the Financial Disclosure… note line 36 near the bottom on the right column… there’s a “ consulting fee”… that’s my cost .Hmmmm I know where I’m sending my business.I would love to help build your financial future ..

Bottom line: virtually always, sellers are better off working with licensed real estate professionals in their state than unlicensed individuals or companies. 

Bottom line is you need to get more information first.

I agree with you (and the podcasts), application of our skills is where the rubber meets the road and we truly learn. 

This is where the rubber meets the road on Turbo Tax vs a CPA who has experience helping people in the top brackets.

This really could be all over the place based on what type of properties ones has and where they are located.Expenses and mortgage also greatly affect the bottom line.Someone with 5 properties could be killing it or not have two nickles to rub together.

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Bottom line - It's up to the appraiser to decide which valuation approach to hang his hat on, regardless of the GSE guidelines.