The pandemic set in motion a furious scramble to buy vacation homes.

She should be scrambling to come up with money.

(home inspection and appraisal).today I am still scrambling to make this deal work, and am still hoping to close on it with a different lender this month.

I found that out at an inconvenient time and had to scramble to find a new one who knew what they were doing.

So I am out on an island now, scrambling to find a GC and subs to complete the project.For context, we have a HUGE electrical cost that we didn't anticipate; between 20-30K of electric, we need around 10-20K in HVAC and 10,300 in Windows.So we are at approximately 50,300 with no renovation done yet, although we have done the DEMO.We have not pulled any draws from the bank from the above 107,000, but I am concerned that we will not complete the project, because all the units need a TON of work(about 30,000-50,000 a piece).

So I am out on an island now, scrambling to find a GC and subs to complete the project.For context, we have a HUGE electrical cost that we didn't anticipate; between 20-30K of electric, we need around 10-20K in HVAC and 10,300 in Windows.So we are at approximately 50,300 with no renovation done yet, although we have done the DEMO.We have not pulled any draws from the bank from the above 107,000, but I am concerned that we will not complete the project, because all the units need a TON of work(about 30,000-50,000 a piece).

I had to scramble though, to get a HVAC guy to install a new heat pump, and this property was in Texas in the middle of August, the tenant was melting.

Seller did not like this so pulled his 850k- we had to scramble to raise 850k in 3 days

Seller did not like this so pulled his 850k- we had to scramble to raise 850k in 3 days

Therefore, buyers are scrambling to get into a fewer number of listings and driving prices up.That being said, in off-market properties you can still find great deals, so it’s all about setting up systems to find those deals.