(Not by using Google maps because they can easily be outdated pictures) There should be some.

You can budget around 4% of the sale price to cover these.This is a conservative formula.

I suspect that the house is a wood frame or possibly covered over asbestos shingles. 

Everyone has covered the owner occ/versus primary residence piece and the county by county millage difference.However the other side of the coin must also be considered in order to evaluate.

I didn't have a good picture to post yet or you'd probably have recognized me (different last name).

(Not by using Google maps because they can easily be outdated pictures) There should be some.

Lots of good people and any topic or question you have is probably covered and it seems to be a fairly active group of experienced investors that are more than willing to help the new guys.

I'm going to look at the pictures of the property once he gets them to me and I see if it makes sense to go with less.

(Not by using Google maps because they can easily be outdated pictures) There should be some.Then look in the county assessors website to find the owners. it should give their name and mailing address.

I had funds for a hard money lender in a week, where my conventional loan wanted pictures of the property, reserves in the bank for inspection issues, appraisal....we went with the hard money lender not to lose out on the deal and offered some rehab money.