Inviting strangers with problem properties to call you means that the lonely and crazy and irrational and angry (every variation of "sad") have your phone number and an invitation to call.

I use my own variation: I think the right price is somewhere between $1 and $500,000, and I'm guessing it's closer to $1 than $500,000.....what do you think is the right price?

Answer Credit bureau reports are limited in how they represent foreclosures today, so it's generally not possible to tell from the credit report if a reported foreclosure is a short sale, deed in lieu of foreclosure, settled account, regular foreclosure, or some other variation.

With all the variations of property out there, it's easy to get sidetracked.

I think posters should simply note that the value of house hacking might have significant geographic variations. 

One variation on house hacking is to buy a SFH and rent out a room or two.  

A BPO from a mill is much closer to a full blown appraisal these days.If you are asking the agent to look up a few solds,actives,and expired's and print out a one page form from the MLS then that does not take much time.If you are wanting an interior evaluation with repair estimates and making adjustments for variations in comps to arrive at a more accurate number doing as-is versus arv analysis then that is more like a BPO.In that case the agent should be compensated.

I look the property up by address, then by different variations of the name.

I'm not totally sure I understand your question, but I can say that every state that I know of requires that you include the words "Limited Liability Company" or "LLC" or some other specified variation if you are creating an LLC, e.g.

I don't know your position in the transaction, but if you find yourself in the middle of a double transaction or some variation of buy and sell, you can realize very nice net margins.Summarily, hang in there and don't get jumpy for that response.