Can’t avoid them all, but you can avoid most if you’ve got a decent quality product priced in a way that you can be selective. 

Decide on your financing approach/product/s. 

If you were to remove your cooktop, install new kitchen cabinetry and reinstall your old cook top and 3 months later it dies, there is no warrenty left on that product.

Congrats cant wait to see the end product!

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I'm already finding certain cabinets, fixtures, materials I like using in rehabs over and over, so over time I can see having a list of the go-to products to put together the order for a new kitchen or bathroom quite easy. 

@Matthew NovelliCongratulations on your wealth creation journey.

There's definitely good deals on MLS - there are so many misrepresented listings were the agent is not doing the right job or just listing it as the wrong product altogether.

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FHA should have the lowest interest rate compared to conventional products but yes the MIP makes it unattractive.