BP has no reason to improve the search feature, which they could fix in a heartbeat.

The reason we were able to make the deal work was the seller agreed to take a percentage lump sum up front.

Private lending using retirement funds is my personal favorite (I've done a few dozen loans like this) for the following reasons: passive, low risk, and high returns.

Hey @Ricardo Polanco - has the inspector provided any reason for the constant follow ups? 

That is just not realistic in this current market.So in my opinion it's important to expose yourself to a large number of deals, so you can develop an intuitive sense of what's reasonable and what's not (and quickly discard the ones that aren't).And it's true that there is no way to 100% protect from fraud (and not just in passive real estate investments but even in public stocks etc.).

I tend to over research, which is one of the reasons I love notes.  

If (**redacting name of PM co**) Contracting would like to share the actual cost of repairs I'd be open to looking at those numbers as a reasonable cost.

Given the amount of work that it takes to get one of these to market and to self manage, there just needs to be another compelling reason to buy. 

A risk with lowballing is another investor comes in with a reasonable offer around the same time and Seller doesn't even want to ask you for another offer.

The next tour was much more favorable.My suggestion on CURB APPEAL - keep curb appeal reasonable for greatest success.