They have a huge amount riding on simply getting you to agree with them, they don't have to be right and they don't spend any time trying to get the perfect comp numbers. 

One thing I discovered recently is they make heavy use of the Schedule E from your tax return, so if you clean up your Schedule E (eg by minimizing repairs and maximizing CapEx and accelerated depreciation), you should be in much better shape.  

            - For any part of the project that you finance, whether it be purchase, the rebab, or both, do you simply look at the monthly loan payment for that leverage and multiply that monthly debt service payment by the number of months you expect to hold the property?           

It is simply a matter of acknowleging that contractually title will be good to go at a named date in the future.

This seems like assumptions that are simply not feasible. 

:Ok...Discovered a new block, hope someone can answer.

The lesson was simply adding it before someone asks next time Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?

I fell in love with the negotiating an chasing deals not to long ago an discovered that's my niche and now I'm here to keep growing an connect with all sorts of amazing people. any advice would be much appreciated, I've been saving and saving an believe I have enough capital to get into one of the strategies, its 35k and house flipping seems right up my alley though the market an fear of not having enough capital is holding me back. any advice thank you!

When questioned about the insulation he simply said it wasn’t included in the quote.

There is no way anyone can answer the question without simply referencing many sources of information.