I've never been, but I've heard it's a waste of time and money.

I don't want to drive and/or waste any more of my time than I have to and these types of things can very easily be handled without meeting in person.I've bought/closed on multiple houses where ALL of the paperwork (i.e. initial offer, addendums, disclosures, closing docs, etc) was handled via email.

To add another house does not double my work load it only adds 10%.That being said, everyone has to start some where.

Don't let him waste more of your time.

Don't waste your $. 

The podcast has given me LOADs of information that helped me out, gave me inspiration, and even connected me with some locals who were successful.

and bad electrical work.got a good bid on a new garage door.to sum it up, we are still in the running but the margins just got much thinner with the framing issue so new to do list includes:Talk with owner about issues and send over inspection reports so they can see the issues from a third party.get an extension on option period for extra bid workwait on the appraisal order to secure financing so I am not just wasting more money.Get a lower price on this contract.Okay time to go cook for the herd.Thanks for all of the questions and Luck, I will take all of it.Cheers,Darin

In short, they have great local expertise.Be specific with your realtor, but don't waste his time or burn your bridges.

Of course, I will load my wife up with loans in her name first so I still have quite a while to worry about that.People say, get the loan in your name, then quit claim the deed to LLC.  

I wouldn't waste your time dealing with that.