That said, I think the reason many building departments are so stringent with investors is the illusion that most are looking to cut corners for the sake of profit.

So I don't want to mess around with buyers that are going to tie up the property and then not settle. 

You think that you hired a specialist and are paying for the corresponding quality, while in reality you might have some under-trained, unmotivated and unsupervised anonymous data entry clerk doing the work, full of costly mistakes and cut corners.Often, low-cost CPAs get overwhelmed with the amount of work they take, resulting in rushed poor quality product and mediocre (or worse) service.

Also your money is tied to one project - that project goes bad it could cause some pain3.

Is the Only Way to Negotiate a Lower Price with Builders is to have a pain in the butt inspector find a laundry list of problems and meaningless in the grand scheme defects to compel them to cut their numbers to move to acceptance and closing?

U just had to cut down everything.. 

Some deals you can get reimbursed for 100% some that exceeds the ARV allowance and it may be cut short.

I asked my husband (he's the bourbon drinker) and sent me an email to cut and paste with the following.Best topic on BP! 

Unless you're getting family memories and like using the place then it might be time to cut losses and move to a new investment. 

Audit expenses and cut the fat.