It can be stressful, especially when Murphy's Laws kick in and cash flows suffer.

With lenders being so tight with money, it is important to ally yourself not only with a lender who is lending, but is doing so in a fashion that won't put you through hell with never-ending stips or underwriting times that endanger your rate lock and/or purchase contract.A knowledgeable broker can take away a lot of the stress that comes from kicking the tires with lenders since they're in the trenches and rely on getting paid by closing deals.

But selling an investment to me is not like going to my etrade account and clicking a few buttons.

Bryan,That is the message our Dallas colleague Scott Horne stresses to his IMAP clients.

OOPS sorry that button got STUCK

A code the owner chooses is programed in, and there's 10 buttons, 3 or more of which should be depressed to open it.

This will solidify your contract on the second transaction, so your not stressing on your first contract with the bank.

While we're on the topic of the dashboard, can we get a "more" button on the recent forum activity?

In the meantime..back to the grind and the stress of working on my deal. lol

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