Looking to have a foundation inspection performed in South Austin.

Hello Nhon,Are the homes in decent condition as I will often attend inspection walks with owners have have offers in and provide general information.

The property passed lead inspection but i am worried the paint chipping, the base layer of it, may have been applied before 1978 and painted over several times.  

Make sure you learn to ask the right questions from the home inspection, especially if investing out of state.

Make sure you learn to ask the right questions from the home inspection, especially if investing out of state.

If I was your agent I would tell you to write a lowball offer on some of these that have been sitting out there and see what shakes out,,,,,,make sure there's an appraisal and inspection contingency in your offer......If your offer gets accepted and you ultimately purchase the place then you only have to live there for a year....then simply move out and put a renter in the side of the duplex you were living in.....at that point your biggest problem will be finding another place to live.

I hadn't really thought about enforcing this policy until very recently, when it was determined during an inspection that the tenant had been smoking both cigarettes and marijuana indoors.

When we were almost at the end, there were issues with getting the township to come out to complete final inspections to close the permits and issue the CO.

Some of the challenges:1) Pairing clients with properties that with an affordable plan yield the results the clients need2) Get the property into contract in this aggressive sellers' market with strong STR property buyer competition3) Deep due diligence to minimize property risk during inspection period + create best COE plan to yield the highest possible cash flow + start scheduling post-COE reno work4) After COE, get the hot potato moving- help in any way necessary to make sure my clients get this work done quickly and without complications so they can get their property on the rental market ASAP and start generating cash flow.5) Occasional STR audits as requested (always an option) by clients, to further boost their cash flow, and effectively their home value- based on income approach.

A client did a termite inspection and it shows "no active termites found and tubes were dry".