And I definitely would not hesitate to knock on someone's door, it may feel uncomfortable at first, but it is the fastest way to show someone you are serious about your business and make a personal connection with a seller.

In all three companies it was very important to assess an accurate value of the homes for two reasons:We did not want to "over lend" on homes because that would have affected the profitability of the lending operation;We routinely had to borrow money to make loans with and we had to have an appraisal method that worked in order to satisfy part of the concerns that investors have when the only real collateral being offered are the homes and the lending contracts.Years ago, I signed up for and took the two day course offered in using the NADA system.

@Randall JacobsIf you are going tile for the long haul, then porcelain or slate may be better choices ... if they are chipped, the colour goes all the way through.That said, large areas of tile are not terrible popular in areas where there are *real*, prolonged winters as it is uncomfortably cold underfoot.

It appears as if you may have been uncomfortable/ inexperienced with the wholesale process; therefore experience you a let down.I'm sorry that the lack of communication left room for negative thoughts to take root and grow. 

Call him up and get the whole, can't get back until a week from next Friday routine.  

When family members go on vacation and are not available to help their loved one, then having someone to take over their routine for a short time might be welcome.

Your agreement should have an inspection contingency which will allow you to 1) back out of the contract if the inspections return with something wrong that you're uncomfortable with and believe is incurable (burial ground) 2) allow you to negotiate a price reduction due to the inspection results 3) require the seller to remedy the defect that you find disagreeable before the sale.

Even if the homeowner that was foreclosed on didn't intentionally damage the property upon leaving, you have to consider that if they didn't have the money to pay their mortgage (which is why they lost the house), then they didn't have money for routine maintenance and repairs either.

The net sale amount is computed by taking your gross sale price of $215,000 and then subtracting your routine and permissible selling expenses, which generally include your broker's commission, owner's title insurance premium, escrow/closing attorney fees, recording fees, exchange fees, etc.  

The landlords before us didn't have a clue about management and routine maintenance.