The last fix and flip I did had a foundation settlement issue as evidenced by a large stair step crack in the exterior brick wall.

That's about it as to data.The other aspect is the grapevine, simply staying abreast of how the market is moving, what concessions are common, types of financing with contract to close times will tell you is a good indication of the movement in the market and how busy the related players are, lenders, appraisers, inspectors, surveyors, title plants and settlement agents.Construction knowledge, meaning costs for repairs, know what the trades are getting or what you labor costs might be, know costs of materials, generally and the time required for repairs.

An insurance claim was submitted and a settlement was made.

Since he wants to do this partnership so much, couldn't I use that as leverage on alimony, leave any language out of the Settlement Agreement, and after the divorce say no we have to sell?

Settlement is to be made within 15 days.

Again, I have yet to have any luck on these as every lender has said, “Oh, the investor on this loan isn’t doing principle reduction.†It is mostly through a B.K settlement that people are getting principle reductions, and we will see more of these as the rules have recently changed to allow B.K. judges to restructure the loans.

If it's a lienable utility, the escrow agent may have taken payment into the settlement costs, so make sure they pay for it if it was taken out (don't double pay).

Ive been doing this for about 5 months now and i average at least a settlement a month, perks of being 25.

Once you have that, they are in charge of negotiating your settlement and rebuilding the property.

This is part of the $25 billion dollar settlement that the 5 biggest banks came to with the governement for shady foreclosure practices (robo signing).