In the end, good contractors are much to busy for a request like this and so are good handymen, so a handyman who is retired and likes to tinker is your best bet.

You can make your inspection contingency languate much more palatable however, by phrasing it like this:Version 1 for new investors - Buyer agrees to limit their inspection repair requests to major electrical, plumbing, foundation, structural, and environmental issues.Version 2 for savvy investors - Buyer agrees to limit their inspection repair requests to catastrophic electrical, plumbing, foundation, structural, and environmental issues.Both versions give you leeway to define what is "major" or "catastrophic" so you always have an out, but it also shows the seller that you aren't going to tic-tack them with cosmetic repair requests.No realtor should EVER suggest you waive inspection, even if it were a good idea.

We requested a second Loan Estimate and everything remained the same except for the percentage rate.

They are now requesting a $50 late fee from us since it is now after the 11th even though the fault was on their end for not being available.

If you're low balling distressed properties they aren't going to be keen on any kind of option period as you're already offering so low that they won't give you an option to terminate or back out or request repairs or additional changes in the price.Now if we're talking residential properties - I've closed over 125 homes and not ONE was without an option period... and often times these were multiple offer situations that I beat out other realtors/buyers on.

Better yet, my plan is to request that I get a part in the deal vs the referral fee.

@Ryan Wittig Awesome Ryan I appreciate your feedback we actually submitted a quote request into CJ Doherty yesterday and we are waiting for a response.

Banks are a little overloaded with refinance requests from my experience (mostly working in NY, NJ, PA) so without previous relationships it may take a little while.

I bought with a VA loan, requested a seller concession, used an agent that paid a rebate, and and used some negative points from the lender to put nothing down, and actually walked away from closing with a $1,500 check.

Wanting everything to be uniform, I requested that the outlet be aligned with the others so it was vertical as well.2.