Josh can cut through the BS and get to the meat of things.

From there a short-sale investor might be able to determine if there's any meat on this deal.BTW, thank you for your husband's military service.

I am glad it's over and I learned a lot of what not to do, but I made quite a bit of money (for me at least) and did something I extremely enjoyed.

You can contact me at my signature.

I got out because the banks are not negotiating down to a price that works for me... At

I'm near completion of a remodel and if this is true would really help me at tax time and if this is true what determines what can be written off as repairs and what must be added to the cost basis?

If you are unfamiliar with adjusting on comps email me at [REMOVED] and I will help you out with understanding them.

Daniel, To see a little bit more about my experience you can check out a interview Josh did with me at: http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2011/05/19/interview-james-vermillion-biggerpockets/ As for being fearful that is completely natural, but the more we educated ourselves, learned the market and put together a list of contractors we trust, the better we felt.

I worked for gov-mint contractors for a long time and it does not surprise me at all that there are studies like this...unfortunately!

I surely hope that Tim Cook, or the people that work for him, have the same magic touch that results in "gotta have it" products and "I cannot believe you just did that" customer service.Would the world be a worse place with the innovations you mention, Jason?