At the risk of exposing my utter lack of computer skills, I will admit this and that there are other things that I am unable (or too lazy to learn) to do online.

NOtes do not get extinguished and you should never pay anyone or any company upfront to provide a service until that service is completed to your full satisfaction.In fact, I believe such a service would violate new federal and state laws that were passed to protect homeowners (particularly those in short sale stages).

btw - do you stage your properties?

If you are at the stage in your life when you are looking for asset preservation then I would be heavy in precious metals.

Staging.Most exterior work can be accomplished at any of these stages.

These buyers would be justifiably upset if these expenses were ignored in the pro-formas.For turnkey companies selling SFRs to retail investors (a group that is presumptively less sophisticated and requiring greater fiduciary care and education), these items are all ignored in the illustrations.Now I have no doubt that you DO in fact discuss these things with your prospective clients, at some stage of the sales process.

Seeing that I'm still in the teething stages of this Real Estate game, I ran across something here in my neighborhood and I would appreciate some advice.SITUATION:1) I was doing a tax record search and I ran across a property that caught my interest. 2) The house was deeded as "Estate of XYZ".3) Did more research of Mr.

Additionally, each level may have different goals and the same person may be in each level but at different stages in his/her life.

I am still in the learning stages of that feild of work.

One one property I looked at last year (a 6-unit), Fifth Third had refused to renew a performing note, and ended up selling the note in pre-foreclosure stage to an investment group, at a huge discount (probably .40 on the dollar).