My guess is the buyer would have to have some skin in the game, but I wanted to check.

I would recommend Midwest Title, DRI title, and Trustworthy title.

Sump pumps to keep the basement dry, cleaning gutters and directing water away from foundations with downspouts and grading are often overlooked.

My duplex is 40 years old and both received spot treatments for dry wood and subterranean termites about 12 years ago.

My duplex is 40 years old and both received spot treatments for dry wood and subterranean termites about 12 years ago.

We had contractor ripped out panel wall and added dry wall.

A few other things you may want to consider.....Using steel instead of wood or, depending on location, using block.....You may save yourself a boatload of future headache (ie mold/mildew/termites don't harm steel)Building a non-traditional structure.....ie think loft in duplex form.....etcThere are a million ways to skin a cat.  

Unless interest rates shoot up, we enter some sort of economic downturn or the Gov lets lots of homeowners hang out to dry and get foreclosed on this will not change anytime soon, even if foreclosures ramped up considerably Austin has .4 months of inventory.

And basically you're taking out all your 'skin in the game,' which makes most lenders nervous (even if the equity is there). 

Reason why is lenders like to see the buyer put a little more skin in the game.