I'm definitely wanting to take a little extra time and money to one-up comparable houses so I can have pride in my work, give someone a house they believe is more than what they should be able to afford, make people happy, and sell the house faster!

My septic guys have always told me I don't need them - the extra enzymes - - - not the septic guys!!

I've learned that you can just about straight out ask sellers their motivation and in my experience 99% of the time they'll tell you the truth.

I'd like to start by saying how impressed I am with biggerpockets, just the truth there, it's a great site and laid out well.

So i am in the military and receive roughly 1400/month just for housing and where i stay now they take it all so i don't see that extra money.I was wondering if it would be a good idea to buy a manufactured home for say 40k and pocket the rest of the money left over from the mortgage for a year and a half until i leave the area.My concern is selling / renting out the manufactured home, do they sell or is it usually easy to find tenants ?

Patrick D.thank you for the follow up sir - truth be told, getting a loan was something I was considering, but no it wasn't something I had my mind set on and needed validation for - I can understand though why it may have seemed that way, but honestly, im still trying to weigh my options and determine whats bestI completely understand what you're saying about the field of being an agent is very difficult, especially in the beginning, and thankfully I've been fortunate to have the support/encouragement of my friends, family and the wonderful community here on BPit sounds cliche, but I sincerely do value all these responses and perspectives from all different types of people on here - you're words are much appreciated and will most definitely be taken into serious considerationas I said before, im still undecided in regards to method of paying for initial expenses, but im confident that ill be able to figure it out, especially now that I have the opinions and perspectives of all you guys on here.

I know it sounds harsh, but truthfully you aren't in the business of lending money or extending credit.

I have a 4 leg approach (one extra to these) and that's a general marketing/negotiating capability.

If they are 20 something I might still do the credit check not to see the credit score but to see if they are in fact truthful.

We also found that same issue in the electrical panel where an amateur renovator had tried to wire in an extra breaker.good luck