I have used Aggressive Plumbing and Kimmons plumbing and both do a good job, but are probably on moderate to high end of price ranges (fortunately my dad is a plumber and sometimes I can talk him into doing small jobs for me so I try to only hire out big jobs).

Also fortunate that little things make me happy, and it's not a financial burden to sustain it. 

The fortunate thing in all of this, they really are neutral (they get paid whether the loan funds or not :-) Ideally I would start it off as legitimate learning effort and ask them what factors are influencing, because you really thought that it was most comparable to the house next door.

I was fortunate enough to not get furloughed or fired but my house have been drastically reduced.

Fortunately, (in terms of capex) there are hardly any major repair items.

If you are fortunate enough to have a property that is in need of a tenant, please consider reaching out to this organization or message me for more information.

Fortunately, he was an agent as well and treated me fairly, and I was able to sell the property in 2015 into a raising market and recoup my costs to break even.

Fortunately, the tenant quickly acted to put it out which is the reason damage was limited.

@Maya GorskiMost of the agents will drop you, as their drop other out of state or out of country investors.They think, wrongly, that you will lose their time if they need to explain things, send referrals, help build your real estate business in their state.They think, wrongly, that they are the best and deserve buyers that will close same day, will buy without checking and bla bla bla.They think, wrongly, that you will never buy.Now, there are buyers that are very heavy to work with, and they will probably never buy.But there are many other buyers that want to buy, have the money and just need guidance and patience.All these agents that don’t return calls or emails are the fortune of smart agents that deal with each client as a potential buyer and with respect.

My wife and I left NYC back in March (we had made the plan pre-COVID, just fortunate timing on our part) and are now in Durham, NC.