One could argue that years of quantitative easing and low interest rates have masked underlying issues that could lead to a magnified and painful recession somewhere down the line.Can anybody provide me with some advice and words of encouragement OR caution?

I'm sure it exists somewhere, but keep your eyes peeled while you're looking.

Some people heavily promote that idea because it sounds good (aka marketing candy), but they are masking an ugly truth about the high cost of such an approach. 

The insurance companies I"m asking for quotes won't give a quote without the elevation certificate.  

God Bless America, God Bless the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines and especially bless those bad asses in the ski masks that aren't supposed to exist but I am sure glad they are on our side and good damn night...I have been doing research all night and now I am going to take the rest of this Sunday off.

I provided the owners with the inspection report and they promptly fixed what was seriously wrong with it, but by that time I had realized that that house was not right for me.Keep your eyes peeled, keep your hopes up, and keep searching for a good deal.

I'm thinking about setting up a website that allows you to see leads live as they come in (showing their response to my text message), but masks the phone number and address until you purchase the lead.

I'm keeping my eyes peeled for good deals but they're tough to find right now.

New roof pretty soon, peeling paint.

In fact, when I was trying to get FHA financing on a house, there were some issues with peeling paint on the exterior trim and some small missing sheet rock behind the washing machine spot in the the laundry.It was "not suggested" that it wouldn't be a big deal if I bought a gallon of paint and touched up the trim and also put a little 2 ft patch in the sheet rock on a Sunday.Overall, I do think the reality of repercussions would probably be negligible, but it was the straw that broke that camel's back on a deal I was starting to feel nevous about.