I am very keen to buy this current property however I am overseas for a few months now and was wondering how things would go.I've found a few companies that you can pay to fix everything for you as a 'one stop shop'.

I loved the office but hated the nickel and dime tactics that occurred so I decided to just use my home as my office and meet potential investors at coffee shops, ect.

Retail buyers are holiday shopping, and the banks seem to get more motivated to sell when the activity drops off.

You can certainly shop different lenders, choose wisely as rate and terms are important, but so is the lender that can actually do the deal, keep that in mind as well.

.-- Not shopping around for insurance as diligently as I should have-- Not establishing a preventive maintaince schedule for my HVAC units before the hot/cold seasonI learned a lot this year.

Like paying for Cable TV and all you get is Home Shopping and Infomercials.

ASHI's website (American Association of Home Inspectors) has only ONE inspector listed, and I wasn't impressed with the credentials when I checked the website (too vague data on experience, previous trades, etc).So I currently have 3 options to choose from:Inspector #1 (found from TAREI - Texas assoc of real estate inspectors): on BBB since 1993, A+ rated.

When making my shopping list out, I use this technique to note the aisle number where I can find it item.

I've been looking for my 3rd property now for nearly a year - I haven't found the right one yet.Ironically - it took 1 day of house shopping, only looking at 4 houses total, to pick out the house we currently live in.

It had the most shopping/restaurants/etc, and since the hospital is there, that's where we ended up renting an apartment.