At every stage there have been new hurdles, from the 203k loan falling through to the VA never clearing leins that were from the city for not mowing the yard.  

My MO is to serve investors at every stage in their commercial or residential career.  

They offered to do so since I am putting in the work to stage the event.

I get the reasoning behind this but the key question is at what stage of your business cycle.

Walking distance to elementary and middle schools.

Hello BP,I feel that I am at the information overload stage from all the amazing stuff I've discovered on this site.

My house should be fixed, staged and ready to sell by April so I guess that's not really that far off.

Different people will have different viewpoints on this subject, but in general with prices having increased pretty dramatically over the past 3-4 years, many feel that we are well past the early stages of the cycle and maybe close to the end, but others feel there is still a long ways to go. 

In the planning stages:3 bedroom house, super-deep lot and an oversized 2+ car garage with alley acess. 

At your stage, use bids until you learn the costs through experience.