., you probably need to talk to him to clarify everything and if possible record all the details of your conversation.

That process has been one for the record books for delays after delays.

For instance, if you submit 1,000 records to them, they'll give you back 900 records with phone numbers.

There's a lot we do to ensure compliance and protect ourselves from lawsuits - from heavy duty insurance policies to video recording in every room and badge locks on the doors, to having an extremely solid legal team (thankfully, we've only ever had to call them to write up deals and fight with the occasional bad contractor).You'd be at risk for anything that happens there that some lawyer (the kind that advertise on TV) could try to pin on the property, especially if you're the only person in the picture worth suing.

What Zillow actually paid for a home is way less than what the public records show and we all need to recognize this fact. 

You want to work with an investment team that already has the skills and a proven track record of finding, qualifying, renovating, and managing properties.

Of course, as a new flipper, you won't be getting the best rates or terms as you don't have the track record.

Typically, it is a simple note, which can be recorded as a mortgage at the note holder's discretion.

You need a notary to go to each of them to their location and have the deeds already typed, then the notary brings them back to you to be recorded.

In Texas is the property tax based on the actual purchase price or the appraised value as per county records?