Reworked the layout and renovated to make prettier and more functional.

It will be interesting how this strategy will have to be reworked in a down market, as you are all saying.  

Btw, the above is not just how I found my partner, it’s also how I found a landscape designer that’s re-working my exterior for free, a handyman that just wants any job because he’s about to get his contracting license, a 20+ yr union drywaller who lives 2 doors down from me...you get the idea.

Can you rework the numbers with 20% down instead of 25%? 

Conversely, rework the numbers with 70% of the asking price. 

However, as I said in my March 2019 update, if the City of Austin doesn't get ahead of our housing challenges by reworking it's land use and development code, it's only a matter of time before the market itself "sorts out" the issues in a way unfavorable to many of the major stakeholders.

Don't even ask me how much money I have lost in the last ten years on bad contractors, lost time, re-works, ghosts and scammers - probably 6 figures...

Reworked the rooms during rehab to better use the size of the house.

I have done tons and tons of research on first year in RE, working full or part time, etc.

On the 20th, I get an email from my lender asking for an update and saying that this is essentially the last day that we can start this process and still close on the 30th. (10 days because my loan term had expired and we would have to rework my loan).At this point I'm panicking thinking I'm about to lose this deal after almost 4 months on the hook.