Now i dont recommend this style of transaction for those with limited capital if gave a seller 10k and then 30k to bring him current and we lost the whole amount that would just be the cost of doing business.. but for someone else that could be devastating.. 

Then as suggested by a couple others - we do group appointments, open house style.

Thank you for teaching me that, Im sure I will use it a lot in the future.I was able to look my lead up and see what was going on, he did have some problems with the mortgage but it says "case CLOSED" at the top.

I have also had the pleasure of teaching, coaching, educating, and inspiring other contractors to build better and be cognizant of their value and necessity when helping others realize their dreams.

In that price range you can also run into issues with "style" as buyers start to develop expectations.On to the next one!

I hope you take action.Look, I appreciate your perspective, but some of what you are suggesting is difficult because, well, it is a 1970's house, an extremely well maintained 70's house, but nonetheless....Bathrooms are really too small to get any perspective in, a picture would get a corner and not really impart any information, the reason my husband showed the one bathroom is because it is ensuite to the master, and the tub IS a perfectly preserved (and I mean perfectly literally, not a scratch or water stain) 1970's style one piece thing.

In my search I did find a few other smaller local banks that would do commercial style loans that were amortized over 20 years and rate reset every 5 years.

I've reached out to some friends that are agents, they meet up with me to teach me some of the basics of real estate, and give me some friendly advice, but that's about it.

Getting your RE license is a good way to gain knowledge but it teaches you how to assist buyers and sellers through the home buying/selling process.

Depending on the cabinet style I will either replace the whole thing or put a new countertop on it and then a vessel sink on top of that to raise it.