I have been waiting until I meet them and let them tour the property before I consider approving them, but I had one really good applicant get away because she told me she was approved elsewhere.

She is wanting to help me get this done and will pretty much do whatever is most favorable to me. She

I walked to the house and met a man who says he was cleaning out due to the loss of their mother in some few weeks back.The guy told me she is  left with 12 years mortgage on the property to pay the bank.

She also saw the "scam" post and called me at work to tell me she would not be going after all and didn't want to waste her time. 

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I asked what was the minimum she could take to start with me. She

You can cover the wire mesh with drywall patches (they tape on wall and across the wire, white/paintable, different sizes) as the wire mesh is what will prevent the rats from eating their way into the property (the covering material is cosmetic only).

She told me she needed $30,000 just to pay off the mortgage so she could move into another house.

I have my HVAC guy scheduled for tomorow morning, and yet she tells me she has to work tomorrow morning.

Fast forward to when they were there (but not the designer, she never went and never told me she wouldn't go) I see my card was charged a huge amount, including an additional 5k from her own company, above and beyond the 7.5k I had sent her!!