So get your cash out and put into a good one, where that deal can recover the lost money and make more.You wouldn't keep putting chips into a bad hand in Poker, you'd fold. 

My question is two fold:1 - has anyone ever paid for a contractor's time for site visit/scope of work/repair estimate? 

Over the past weekend, my wife and I printed, folded, and mailed 500 direct yellow letters out to absentee owners.

The people who attend, although they pay a lot of money, all get it back three fold IMO. 

So this works against you two-fold: the listing agent gets paid both ends of the commission and it's you against the seller and his agent without representation and cousel.

You pulled it out and the door folded down and it came with a slide out broiler pan. no mixing up the dials.

I was extremely anal; often having issues of "letting go" and things weren't going to be exactly the way I want them whether it was how the toilet paper was folded decoratively or a welcome sign with guests' names and snacks laid out in the goody box. 

And I have paid 6 figure assignment fees for developments I have bought but again the person receiving the money took bare dirt and  got the entitlements creating a 2 to 4 fold value increase..  

That point is coming at the end of October, so not terribly long.Folks above have mentioned the ability to fold in renovation costs (in addition to the cash purchase price of the pre-renovated home) as part of the basis for the loan, but I noticed that you don't, and that there isn't any mention of that (that I found, anyway) on the Fannie Mae page either.

I have a letter, tweak it a little each mailing, print letters and envelopes, hand sign every one of them, fold, stuff, and stamp all myself.It's a numbers game and takes a while to play before you get results... unless you hit an owner at just the right time, that is.Some people alternate between postcards and letters.