In contrast, she understands the outstanding balance must be cleared asap.She's going to follow-up with some family leads on a loan to pay the foreclosing bank, and we'll stay in touch in case we need to step in.I'll update the thread as things progress.

I would like to compare and contrast prices in the next week and have the work done after.

Paint the fascia, install shutters, install a black porch light over the garage door, build a small retaining wall to left of the front porch for landscaping, paint the vent over the front porch, replace the wood balusters on the porch to black aluminum....anything to give it some contrast and break up the white.

And I like painting the hollow core doors a contrasting color instead of matching the trim to add some interest.

By contrast, per capita health-care spending in Canada is half that, or $4,500.

Gather data from multiple sources and compare and contrast to get the most accurate read on an area.

So by the time a broker prices to be competitive for "jumbo" loans (where retail banks typically have the thinnest profit margins, to win the business of the 800 FICO $2.5m price 30% down people they can later cross sell other financial services to), that same thin margin by law must also be the margin on FHA/VA, where retail banks by contrast generally have the fattest profit margins (a factor of 3 is not unheard of).Being a veteran and seeing that giant fat profit margin on VA for my fellow veterans, and figuring all this out, was part of why I made the switch.

Contrast that with having to knock on doors, listen to "I'll have it next week, promise" every day, etc. 

I wanted to do some comparing and contrasting on strategy on one of these properties to see what folks think.- The house we have owned for 10 years has a good equity position from having a tenant paying down the loan.

That helps relieve many fears that most new investors have, and ultimately reduces risk.When you open yourself up to looking nationwide, you've immediately compounded the complexity of the decision tenfold, as you now must compare and contrast multiple markets against each other.