A truly "motivated" seller tends to not really care the amount of earnest money and you could also structure your EM due at end of your inspection period. 

If you’re doing updates to a property, they can provide you with a list of qualifications to help your property be more energy efficient maximizing tax deductions.

I am in the same struggle though and spend way too much time on Zillow searching through my buy box but I am finally becoming more efficient with my searches from just repetition mainly.

They claim it is a triplex (two regular units and an "efficiency unit".

In my experience, a successful BRRRR typically comes down to two main things: finding a good deal and managing an efficient renovation.

Specifically, I’d love to hear about best practices for managing shared spaces, screening tenants, and setting up house rules.Additionally, I plan to split the utilities among the tenants—any advice on how to handle this efficiently would be greatly appreciated!

Several factors indicate the company is not that concerned about efficiency or ease of customer process: the website, a process that seemed to focus on one issue at a time instead of all issues at once, and consistently poor communications and lack of common sense from the loan analyst we were assigned.It started off very well with the initial point of contact, Austin Lornson, who did a fine job of explaining the general refinancing process, responding quickly and thoroughly to our questions.

With some proper planning and the funds to lock in materials early, you can have an efficient build, but certainly not fast.

You can also tell her to call the utility company about the best way to save, as turning off heat and on is not efficient having to run longer blasting out cold air as opposed to leaving it set at a lower temp. :)

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