*NO* nose rings, earrings (if you are a guy), visible tattoos (wear long sleeves if you have them on your arms), powerful colognes or perfumes, or rings or necklaces that are overboard (forget the ring on each finger, or the 1970's used car salesman necklace) --- save all that stuff for the weekend.That's my 2 cents... ;)

I am keeping my fingers crossed. 2) As he's fixing the bathroom tub, he found there was mold growing in the bathroom walls because of the leak.

I just can't bring myself to do it.....And Chris, I sence that you have the eye of the tiger toward a real estate investment practice, eager and ready to pounce on the possibilities out there, that can be a good thing, but you have some research to do my man....I'm going to back out for awhile and stop foaming, get the sheet rock out of my finger nails from clawing my ceiling after reading this thread.

Wish I had a rental that attracted such quality people...Other than that, I lock the doors and windows and cross my fingers.

Your finger prints should not be on a 1003, in fact you aren't even to discuss note terms with a buyer!

If you really have your finger on the pulse of the local real estate market you may be able to estimate the increase/decrease in value over the time period in question, for your own purposes.

I keep screaming it from the tips of my fingers, and those of you who listen are clearly seeing the benefits, but there are just so many others who are complacent.

An active RE agent will have their finger on the pulse of the market and if it is heating up will know before anyone else.

And guess what, there are many to choose from I don't need to point my finger in a phone book and say “that’s the one”.All in all I think I'm going to stick with hiring contractors to avoid the risk for now.

I have my fingers crossed but I'm doubtful at this point.Oh yeah, they have a habit of fighting late at night and she yells and slams doors, like at midnight.