Progress payments to be made upon your inspection and approval, holding out at least 10% until final inspection and approval of any permits, and 30 days after completion or until unconditional lien releases are submitted for all subs and materials for which preliminary 30 day notices have been filed.In larger time sensitive projects you can also negotiate for of a performance bond which would compensate you for failure to complete the project on time and to the specifications in the contract.Always check the status of the contractors license with your state contractors licensing agency and verify that the guy signing the contract actually is the contractor whose license is being provided.

purchased from county tax auction) because those are very common and are special.I deal with one title company for those exclusively because they are the best at tax title, because they clear them like I cleared them, and they taught the landbank and other title agencies how to clear them,(eventhough some still don't know what they are doing)

You should talk to local tax collecting agency/municipality.

If you can help me with my social media I can do the same in real estate agency.  

However, I am going through the course right now and it seems like a lot of it is very important to being a real estate agent (agency, laws, etc.).

I have a great contact with CBRE out of NYC who does the agency (Freddie/Fanny) loans.

What percentage can be a gift depends on the agency, credit score for fha and ltv for conventional.

I got it through an agency.

I got a showing right away and realized with the occupancy at 35% and deferred maintenance there is noway I could get bank or agency financing.

But this is more evidence that continuous work by Army Corps of Engineers and Harris County Flood Plain management, and who-knows-what other agencies, is having some impact.