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For someone that's not as conservative, or a different view on the cycle, they might have a different opinion than me on all of this.2) Sponsor quality check: (takes about 45 minutes per deal)I believe that a great sponsor can take an average looking deal and make it great, and that in mediocre sponsor can take a fantastic looking deal and make it bad (especially if there is a severe recession).

Illinois is poised to become the 7th state to require us to accept credit checks from applicants.

Ask if they take debit cards and credit cards or must you write a check, The way I am comfortable with paying is payment for the job x amount, payment for the decorations according to a gross budget for everything, as they are purchased vs giving a pool of money to draw from.

Harrison, My firm regularly deals with variances and local municipalities to assist clients in obtaining variances.

I background checked extensively, this was a big surprise.   

My AC has gone on and off for the past week.We are checking on it daily and additional fixes are required.It will probably take additional couple of days to fix it as it has been trial and error.We are keeping the tenant in a loop but she has gone crazy.She has actually been a huge complainer and her demands id that everything is fixed right away.She has mistaken us for hotel service staff because she thinks she is at Ritz Carlton and we are her bus boys. 

Checking with the 2 lenders who I have preqalified with, one seems to think it's no problem, the other is still checking with Title Dept. to find out, but feels it likely is an issue since the Lender would not be covered in a potential claim.