Many of them charge an additional fee over 10 feet, and some are scammers just looking to get in your house and try to tell you that you need a whole bunch of other services (that they can provide for an additional fee).  

Here's how it plays.Asking price 6.999mNegotiated sales price 6.7mNegotiated closing date Nov. 30thBuyer wants additional 60k in misc reparations i.e. mold, dry rot, termites, etcWe accept counter but want Oct 31st closing due to the timing of a 1031 exchange app.Stay tuned for the next exciting chapter after our teleconference this morning.

If you have equity in the property you need to deduct a 10% return off the top of the rent as a additional expense otherwise the equity is being wasted.

I work with a lot of different attorneys in the area because I'm a Realtor in addition to being an investor, but John is my attorney.

If you need income now - consider buying outside of an IRA in addition to SD IRA since you will not have access to those funds till retirement.

The property would be a good addition to my portfolio but I am not sure how to accurately estimate the value due to the poor record keeping by the owner. 

I probably should also have mentioned that I renovated my own home, completely, including a second floor addition back in 2005.

In addition, a form should be sent to each tenant requesting a list of payments made to the PM for the last three months, at least for the first year

Obviously I don't consider this a great deal and I have no reason to believe that he will actually pay me the additional $600.

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