A lot of jobs are based in the san jose area - Apple, Intel, NVIDIA and now Google is building a big facility in downtown san jose.

I did an apples-to-apples comparison to make sure I was getting the exact same unit as the higher quotes.

Shannon,  You are not comparing apples to oranges.  

People working with him who are experiencing the same shoddy work don't need for you to tell them he's a bad apple, they already know...my .02

BP is the best resource on the internet, thanks to many who contribute, but you still need to be on your toes as we get a few bad apples here too, from time to time, but seems they will also be called out for bad info.Everyone in business wants your money the question is how much do they want and what is the real value of what they are selling.

Bad apples are spoiling the reputation of good agents.

Duplexes and 4 families are apples and oranges.

Based on a 30 year loan at 5% interest and 100% financing of a $60k purchase (I know you will not borrow 100%, this is just to compare apples to apples), your debt service would be $322.09 which would leave $102.91 monthly cash flow.

I live just outside of Chattanooga TN in a rural area called McDonald (e i e i o).I have no current rental properties, however, I like many others have great plans for my future (and the future of my wife and 5 month old son).

It seems that "big boys" bid and buy a lot of properties and then they deal with it, they get good and bad apples and it works out at the end.