All the remediation company does is stop the leak/repair the plumbing, remove any wet materials, dry everything out with big fans and then replace whatever needed to be removed.

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Based on my experience with engineered hardwood, I doubt that you need to remove baseboards.

If you ask the manager to justify a fee and he starts hemming and hawing, move on or require them to remove the fee.

Another option (if not done so) is to remove the listing for 48 hours and then repost it.

Expanding density is challenging to pass, but it can effectively increase supply and balance out costs.

Good morning BiggerPockets,I am a new investor/wholesaler and I am trying to understand the most effective way of finding the ARV of a property without having access to the MLS?

You can buy a single family home, live in it for a year, then rent it out afterwards, and that would effectively be an investment property after you moved out, but you also got the more beneficial terms of it being a primary residence loan.You could buy a single family home and rent out bedrooms while you are living there, and that would effectively be an investment property, but again, you have the more beneficial terms of a primary residence loan.I wouldn't get caught up so much on if a property you buy is an investment immediately so much as I would focus on what your goals are and how each purchase would be step towards your goals, whether that is house hacking or just buying investment properties you don't live in. 

The guru's also promote talking to the representative and having them remove all yearly fees.  

But in states like Florida, Texas, Arizona, and Southern California, seasonality has a much smaller effect.