We had to get the food out of the house first and had no way to separate it (no containers and no rooms by the road for separate piles).

There is a Meijer and strip mall with good restaurants and businesses nearby including a Whole Foods that helps garner renters, owners to the area.

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I am in the process of buying another property but I want to check a couple of items in detail.

You have to supply an itemized bid for the rehab, list of contractors, as well as a history of your company and the contractors.  

Normally the rehab consist of fixing the things that are broken, laying some cheap carpet and vinyl flooring, then ignoring all the deferred maintenance items.

However our standard GRAR contract states that the buyer has to list (with appropriate inspection reports) the items they want fixed.

I'm very familiar with what goes into an appraisal and items that create value.

We have done a tremendous amount of research to date, but are hoping to find some folks who are already succeeding to lend us some wisdom in exchange for shameless food based bribery.We have a solid background in property rehab and estimating and one of us knows a little about the law, but we could really use some advice from those of you who were actually able to stop researching - and start investing.Are there any investor-friendly agents or investing pro's out there who would be willing to set up some time to chat?   

One other really key item would be for them to be held dual signatory - no movement of funds is allowed without the signatures of both you and the QI.