A quote with no cost breakdown can definitely be a red flag—it makes it harder to understand what you’re paying for and leaves room for unexpected costs to pop up.

I love the story of your artist friend, honestly it never came to mind to incorporate the two together for a marketing hook!

I mentioned these specifically because the people running them have high integrity and what I would caution people on is all the new debt funds popping up that are being used to fund their other ventures that are in trouble.

I'm in the same situation with con artist tenants.   

We are in the last month of 2024 and usually in December and around January through March properties tend to pop up faster. 

Agree on the advice their are sharks out there that are very good praying on people with various scams each month a new one pops up so avoid the housing market right now .In the mean time invest in a index fund that follows a benchmark like a S&P 500 each month/week put more money in when you are at a age that father wisdom has visited make small moves into the housing market .

We can turn them around in just a days notice, we’ve actually had wholesalers come to us day of close because an issue popped up with contract verbiage or $ disclosure etc.  

She was also an educator serving our community and now we are both Realtors in MA/CT.We are seeing on-market and off-market Multifamily and commercial opportunities popping up frequently. 

I would think most cities have such a facility, there may be a small charge for clean up but it doesn't have to be at some hotel convention center at $500 or $1,000 a pop!

I had just seen an ad for them pop up on Instagram.