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13 September 2024 | 9 replies
You are new, so you don't have a pool of contractors, or know what things really cost, or what a scope of work truly entails and if you are getting fair bids or not.
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13 September 2024 | 7 replies
I had bids come in to clean the building out and they were 50k plus.
15 September 2024 | 33 replies
In the future try to do a little more due diligence before bidding as it will eliminate some of the uncertainties you are dealing with now.
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15 September 2024 | 19 replies
My reservations about timber: make sure you maintain your parcel well, because a pristine stand will attract more bids.
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10 September 2024 | 28 replies
Transfer taxes will be based on the larger of imputed value or the winning bid.
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11 September 2024 | 6 replies
Got a bid and went with it.
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9 September 2024 | 7 replies
You have to get contractors to give you actual bids.
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11 September 2024 | 8 replies
Hypothetically if I win a bid, then would I be able to utilize a HML for any possible repairs now that they'd have access to inside the property?
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8 September 2024 | 2 replies
IN CA OR WA same thing if your bidding on a first then 99% of the issues go away .
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20 September 2024 | 73 replies
They tell you things like you can get into a bidding war which will drive the price up (which is the worst argument I have ever heard).