Ideally, you can use the services of a broker to get you a soft quote.

I live in paradise...beautiful beaches...soft white sand...historical buildings...forts...brick streets...festivals every weekend....Celtic...pirates...quaint restaurants...fried shrimp ...datil peppers...good schools...art galleries...as far as REI we are in a bubble though...houses are too high to buy and hold or flip...had to have bought a few years ago...

Because of this isn't really made any sense to buy anymore.The market continues to be extremely soft with regards to investors.

Account Closed I'm going to wire brush and clear coat it and leave it just like it is, I love it!  

I remember Freedom Soft with Preston Ely! 

Texas markets historically have been doing so well that any little cool off is seen as a huge downturn when a soft market there is still out performing  many markets in other states.Dallas and Fort Worth along with Austin were recently named in the top 5- 18 hour cities in the nation.

The one golden nugget I took away from him, was:"Your Soft Costs should never exceed 15% of your Hard costs"Soft costs include items like engineering, architectural and legal fees and other pre-construction costs.Hard costs include physical construction.

I was just talking to a guy in Juneau  He said they were seeing some softing a bit as Juneau is heavily dependant on the state.RR 

@Richard Warner @Taylor HorowitzTo me the real risk is not that a PM company is going to screw you (there are steps you can do to mitigate this) but the real risk is you lack of buffer in your Cashflow to weather a soft renal market or unlucky string of repairs or cap ex..

You will see the whole spectrum from a soft sell to a hard sell.