Sounds like you have a good background for going forward in real estate investing!

But did you lose a dog in the process, almsot sounds like a country song, LOL.Banking?

About half way thru reading the latest amazing responses, I broke out in song...

I have been married (see profile pic) for going on 4 years and we have our first baby (girl) coming in May!

It's all about those collaborations, especially in the green building market where investors/developers are few and far in between.. at least for now.Leveraging government incentives like tax credits and grant funding is a must do - it's one of the only ways to rise above the currently high price point for "going green."

I do have a number of clients who choose to forgo flood insurance.

Well the radio was playing my new song of new employment opportunity.

Account Closed   awesomereminds me of the song   "Money for Nothing"  as that's what your enjoying now... to bad one can't make any deals in the over heated Bay Area   LOL

Assuming it is 400sqft expect to pay ~$500 in materials and another $300-500 in labor.6) The cleaning people I use do a good job, and for a thorough initial cleaning on a 5200sqft house they charged me $240 (I tipped them another $40 for going above and beyond my expectations and bringing things to my attention that I didn't notice and taking care of it).There you go, that list will be about as accurate as my next lotto picks ;) Really though, just use it as a VERY base guideline to estimate costs.

I'm pretty sure he wants to put less than 25% down and the seller is willing to carry paper but banks don't like that.Looks like he would like to use a 75/12.5/12.5 setup.Sounds like he has the money to close with 25% down but wants to take advantage of the seller finance for a better CoC return.Residential hates that so that is a Pro for going for Commercial.