There is a case management conference as well as a trial date set. 

The Book on Estimating Rehab Costs and The Book on Flipping Houses: How to Buy, Rehab, and Resell Residential Properties  by J Scott.J spoke at the MidAtlantic conference back in April and is a very experienced and motivating!

A deal falling apart can negatively affect a seller and they have the right to know how a buyer intends to conduct business with them.

I've gotten different suggestions: either conduct a basic remodel of the kitchen and bathroom, or undertake an extensive gut and remodel and convert the kitchen + living room to one large open space (that came from one of the GC's who does flips in the area). 

Item (f)(5) (1) PLEASE PROVIDE PURCHASER(S)/BORROWER(S) NAME(S) SO THATWE MAY CONDUCT OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL SANCTION LIST SEARCHESPRIOR TO CLOSING.(2) PLEASE PROVIDE SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER(S) FOR PURCHASER(S)/BORROWER(S)SO THAT WE MAY CONDUCT FEDERAL AND BANKRUPTCY SEARCHES PRIOR TO CLOSING.Item (f)(6) SATISFACTION AND RELEASE OF NOTICE OF FEDERAL TAX LIENAGAINST Minnie Mouse IN THE AMOUNT OF $51831.96, DATED 8-17-2010, RECORDED XXX  AS DOCUMENT NO. 123456789.

I only look to this exit when my primary buyers pass on a deal (if they are interested, I pay an agent a flat fee to conduct my business)....My primary buyers pass a lot on deals because they are buy n hold investors, so the numbers are different than fix n flip numbers.

At a wealth-building conference I once attended, the speaker asked the following rhetorical question:Which would you rather believe?

Hello, my name is Randy and I conduct business under my company Silverado Services Inc. in Texas.

tax collectors by and large have gotten wise and really frown on non owners collecting overages.remember these folks all go to conferences together.. and they NO like those that chase these. so in some jurisdiction waste of time but in some maybe.. pretty tough gig frankly

Read books, listen to podcasts (I just did a 16 week apartment investing series on Pillars of Wealth Creation podcast), hire a coach, attend conferences, attend boot camps.