Once that first appraisal comes out he's pretty much stuck with it unless he can show they made a fundamental mistake, plus appealing an appraisal with the lender takes awhile.He has three options if he has a contingency. 1) Start from scratch with a different lender and hope a different appraiser sees it differently. 2) Borrow $120K from friends/family/private lender to make up the difference. 3) Exercise the contingency and give up on the property.The seller ought to know that this will be a problem with any non-cash buyer so may have to be encouraged to be patient.

Believe me, our livelihood relies on helping our clients get long-term results and our strategy has always been based on 3 fundamentals.1.

I've asked a few PMs this question, but I don't get very good answers:What is the fundamental reason that price-to-rent is so low? 

I'd like to think I have a good understanding of the fundamentals of credit scoring, but was wondering if anyone else had any tips like the one I mentioned above. thanks in advance.

Since you're already buying outside of your hometown, focus on the markets with the best economic and demographic fundamentals combined with good cash flow.

Long term location is primary and fundamental and everything else might change except that part. 

“Ensuring resident safety and protecting property are often considered to be among the fundamental responsibilities of a housing provider,” the guidance reads.

I've noticed a real uptick in complaints about this lately, but that's purely anecdotal.PPCPPC, or pay-per-click online advertising, is the newer kid on the block, although it's been growing quite a bit due to some prominent adopters (notably Sean Terry, the guys at We Buy Houses, etc).PPC has two fundamental strengths: speed and objectivity.PPC is one of the fastest marketing channels there is, and it's raw speed allows you to launch into entirely new markets in around ten minutes or so.

Even if the  information is useful, when you part out with you money by paying for some "mentorship," it's a joke in this case.My assessment after 5 years of this, is you are better of keeping your cash, and taking action on your own, i would rather loose the money myself than have Phil loose it for me.Here is the fundamental problem with Phils's approach:It is all upside for the mentor (Phil),>You pay an entrance fee to join: +$5,000.00 ,>You are paying him monthly: +200.00You are paying paying for your own marketing under Phil's guidance which is not dialed in-he does not clearly know what he is doing within this regards>Then to top it all of, if by chance you close a  "deal" you are splitting profits with him: 50/50, lol.Gains for Phil are all upside, for you as the student it is all downside.Truth be told-keep you cash there are better ways to waste money, than this.And for the marketers here, kindly note Phil is supposedly-suppose to already know what marketing techniques work, but this is not the case as my marketing money was used to test out marketing that never worked over a span of +5 years, yes i took massive action, plus spent a lot, and nothing to show for it. 

Hold stock, continue to stick to the fundamentals in RE.