I would suggest picking someone with the most forum posts or the most/best reviews that way you know they are actually active!

I actually met with the agent directly as it was his childhood home, and he wanted to know who was going to buy it.

I actually have family in both NOLA, the Northshore area and Baton Rouge so I'm pretty familiar with those areas.

It's the equivalent of the guy with the expensive car and big house acting rich vs. the actual rich guy that lives in a modest house, drives an old truck, and buys his clothes at Costco.

Maybe there's an angle for seller financing or some other creative approach to get the seller the total return they want over time, but it's hard to say without actual facts and data.

This is a unique home and it actually has a full kitchen, 2 bed and 1 bath downstairs and I think it might be well suited as a very large vacation rental(entire home) or both floors being rented separately at some point in time.  

., they are making a profit margin on that hourly charge.Another way PMCs usually make a markup on maintenance, is that they send you all invoices on their letterhead, or from a maintenance company they actually own.

So, you didn't actually close with them?

Another key change is making sure your contractor actually sticks to completion deadlines...why, because of how extremely tedious permit inspectors are getting in some cities, which can slow progress in and of itself.

It's easy to cheerlead and harder to actually DO the work.