But you can't let that stop you or make you cynical.Before you get to the cynical stage, stop and remember why you choose this business.

Like Christian I am still at the early stages of my career and only completed a handful of deals, although I used to work for someone else.

I've found a marble to be helpful on occasion, since some of my areas tend to have some foundation issues and its not always easy to tell just by walking around and looking.When you get to the accepted contract stage, then you break out the tools and start looking closer.

Offer to help arrange movers, find a storage unit, pay for a truck, ect.

He was telling me how the show was totally scripted and staged.

Alarm bells are going off, plus he's proposing a cost plus arrangement-not good, keep looking.

In researching LIHTCs a couple years back, I found I was able to get to a 4-6% cap rate at the schematic stage.

You never really know which one will lead to a sale.My company has a office in Charlotte and I am more than happy to arrange a sit down with one of my colleagues if you are interested.

I would support house hacking, especialy in the beginning stages of investing.  

- Will the property be completely vacant or will there be furnishings or other staging equipment or property stored on the premises?