What looked like a good roof turned out to be covered in improper patches and soft spots, the attic had improper structural supports that held up a section of the roof, and we found out that our 5BD, 3BA house started its life as a 2BD, 1BA, and thanks to two very well concealed additions had grown to be a decent sized house.

The fact that a limp risted, silicone valley, dweeb’s soft pitch broke not one but two driver side windows made me laugh.

Many institutional lenders will only require a soft pull, or only 1 hard pull per year instead of before every deal.

We had (apparently soft) hardwoods throughout the first floor and a more stable hardwood on the second floor.

I have turned my properties over to a PM company because I wanted to grow my team as well as I have too soft of a heart.

I'm broad brushing it a bit but those are also high crime areas that I have always avoided. 

BofA asked if I wanted to see if they could just increase the line and I agreed. ( they did do another credit check, but it must have been a soft pull because it never showed on my report).

We'll usually go 80% of the cost of the lot, plus construction costs, plus soft costs up to 70% of the as-completed value.

ed, first of all, great questions. i really appreciate your knowledgable input...taught me a ton. i don't think there's a new cause. the smell was almost nonexistent after the crawl was finished. after every week for a month, it went down further. it would come back in pockets every once in a blue moon. there was one area (living room) where I'd smell it briefly in the family upon a rain shower.as you know, the crawl is cemented. there's no leaks found down there. good point on the attic. i will check into that in the spring. i know the area around the chimney is soft.

There are some risks such as C- area, new market, can you obtain good contractor, section 8 bureaucracy, quality of PM, the increased rates and managing a soft landing, etc.