You should select the things to do that have to be done - dangerous, tatty, non functioning - and you should select to do the things that will make a sale happen.

Thus minimizing the amount of lending (the banks primary business function) the bank will be able to do.

Or is gaining this type of vital info a function of the strength of your personal network and just hitting the streets for the pulse of the market?

$5,000 is obscene unless you have a complicated search function on the site and hundreds of pages like our site [REMOVED].

Specificallly in regards to how the courts view such "purchase contracts" which are in essence functioning as an option to purchase.

Its the PMT (payment) function.

I'd say hire someone to do a fully functional site for leads and buyers.

It isn't an IRA requirement but a function of your custodian/trust company.

So my property reserves are primarily for an AC failure that would require full unit replacement since I'm in Phoenix and a property is pretty much uninhabitable with non-functioning AC for about 5-6 months of the year. 

@Justin Worsham focus on creating a quality product so do all you can do to make the home beautiful and functional with the permits you need.