Ask your realtor if they know of a good contractor who you can pay to do a walk through or a plumber and electrician.

But in reality you can walk the area and see that it will probably never flood.

The problem with the scenario isn’t that the loan to value is out of wack, it’s that the buyer has no “blood” in the deal, and can psychologically more easily walk away.  

Here is a walk-through video of a SF that we turned over recently.

Scorched earth budget, beans and rice, Christmas is a craft, a date is a walk in the park.  

So while you might walk into branch A and not get an account, branch B of the same bank might have someone who can put 2 and 2 together and it will be no problem.Not all banks offer 5%+ rates for commercial accounts, but many do. 

Remember if they walk away from it your name is still on the mortgage and you will have to take over making payments again and then get the deed back in your name via lawsuit….Are you really solving your problem?

I'd gone to see a townhouse in a development I'd never walked.

So my question is... when running an analysis, should I get multiple estimates from general contractors during my first walk-through of the property or get estimates on my second walk-through?

My head was telling me to walk from the EMD, but my ego told me I could pull it off.