And, from crunching numbers, you know your offer is going to be much less.

Anything after Dec 31, 2012 because number crunching and allowable deductions.

He now wants to paint all the trim on house for another $150, this job would take me may be 10 to 12 hrs and I am under a time crunch to get this place done by Aug 1st.

Then there are a plethora of options on how to satisfy both.So why are so many people OBSESSED with crunching the numbers on a property that they have not even made an offer on?

None of the properties I have crunched the numbers come relatively close any cashflow.

I remember the sleepless nights and constant re-crunching of ever single number over and over again.

There are back prop taxes owed that I didn't figure the lender would pay so I included them when crunching my numbers for the offer.

I know we will probably have to put in around 20% out of pocket since we are a new company and because of the new credit crunch although we have FICO scores in the mid 700's.

I later found that Bigger Pockets had a list for the top 20 blogs and the blogs I was checking out were winners.http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2010/06/28/the-top-20-real-estate-investing-blogs/Some of the blogs go really in depth with the process of buying property, number crunching, reading the market and the whole nine.

Maybe I am too fearful but I don't see anybody on these boards talking about the credit crunch much and how it will effect their ability to resell the homes they are trying to SS.Or else, you somehow think these lenders in trouble are going to help us SS investors get more deals approved.