But you solve that by having them send you written communications involving everything but blood, flood or fire.  

For last resort to draw.Keep or get a W2 income job, so you can buy up when there is blood on the streets :)

Blood, Sweat, and Tears.

@Syed Rizvi @Eric GuiltinanHUD does allow for non-occupied co-borrowers on FHA loans but (typically) only when there is a blood or marriage relationship between the applicants.

Thanks for the responses guys....I wouldn't say the houses have been selling slow, but they haven't been flying off the shelf either....I guess I'm trying to wrap my head around the value of a top realtor in the area for the cost (30k).....like you said Jay all of our properties are on the MLS and get circulated to all the RE sites/social media, so I'm not sure a realtor could help with that....I guess the main question is how much influence does a realtor have over a buyer?

A few months ago, I received a call out of the blue from the State of Oregon saying that a distant cousin of mine (a 3-year-old girl) had been taken into the Foster Care system, and they were looking for blood relatives to place the girl with, with the understanding that it was leading to adoption.

You really can’t affford to spend much time on these people.As both an investor and real estate agent, I see it as incumbent on the investor to do their homework which doesn’t include trying to get blood from a stone by pestering the listing agent.

I think they even asked for a blood sample somewhere in there, sandwiched between all the financial statements & documentation.

This causes the story of the 4 hours of pointless driving to circulate around the company.

You have to leave some space between the foundation wall and your interior finish, and make sure there is a way for air to circulate in that space.