If you go this route as a consumer (buyer or seller) I would strongly recommend you have an attorney triple check the transaction.

The process can be challenging for many consumers but you can benefit from the assistance of a trustworthy and knowledgeable person, such as REALTOR Michael Saad.

I usually make my own mailing lists even though it is by far more time consuming - I also design my own mailers but the printing cost and mailing cost can be pricey.

But it is very time consuming and it takes patience.

You may have had a great credit score when you first purchased your home, after years of mortgage payments, credit cards, car payments, and consumer loans may have banged up your credit a bit.

This is very time consuming so I would hire this out as soon as I could.

I am interested in checking out their rehab handbook, but I have a hard time shelling out 2K for something that may not be of use to me... any info would be great..

However, before you do a roof I'd suggest the handbook printed by the "composition roofing trade association" (I think that's the name of it).

The consumers job is to protect the fruits of their labor.

This is true, but it can also get to be time consuming to call each and every listing agent for appointments, and then have each of them try to show you other houses if you don't like the one they listed.