In some cases there were doors that could be locked or a wall that could be added or removed.

Lighting and security screen doors or access control for common areas; removing overgrowth that provides hiding places or pest havens; access area, curb, and hazard paint striping; these all add to curb appeal as well.

The sub prime implosion has closed a lot of doors.

I never said that buyer's do or don't pay the commission (which I'll come back to).

I'm currently trying to get $1000 credit back from the seller because of a fence she put up that is encroaching on a business property next door.

For me I found that it is easier this way because we constantly have projects waiting to get started I try to plan that no more than 2 weeks before the next project is started usually less than 1 week but you know how things go.With a general contractor the will bid the job do the job as they are working on other projects as well and then when things they quoted you are done thats it, it doesn't matter that the doors need trimmed because the carpet and pad are too thick, that the outlets need to be changed because now they look bad on a freshly painted wall, if it wasn't in the original qoute it is extra and they may not be able to get back to it for 2-6 weeks as they are already scheduled for their next job.

What do you think their response would be if you knocked on the door, say in January in the middle of a good rain and said, "are you interested in selling your house?

Margin calls on leverage portfolios is the driver in many ways.

Then one day the woman who had invested in Pringle's property knocked on the door and told her she needed to move out.

My dilima is that this is a great chance to pick up some fairly nice cash producing homes and is it worth the risk to go higher on the monthly payment to get my foot in the door temp. until I can pull a refi and pay him completely off which mostly we would work a ballon payment at 3 years?