I'm at Lowe's wondering...do you pay the extra $500 for a stainless steel entry door?

I did for the first 5 years in real estate.I realized how incredibly beneficial it is to represent yourself.These are my reasons-They are an extra middle man that is unnecessary for an astute and experienced investor.Typically the extent of their work is writing up the offer.They can waste valuable time.

For my tax lien list, this is what I send out (with some extra formating)

But she did miss the extra bedroom & bath we had drywalled off. 

@Nick StangoThere's really no value in a 15 year mortgage if you have a choice.If your goal is to pay the place off as quickly as possible, you might as well take a longer amortization and make extra payments.

If that is the case you might consider an extra opener affixed to the wall if its close enough, then everyone pushes a button once they go in. 

That extra bit of personal space is very desirable compared to my competitors who do not have it.

I added some extra space for data to reflect that.  

We faced two issues in escrow: because of the HOA lien foreclosure we had to do some extra searching to find a title insurance company willing to issue a policy; getting a payoff was an issue until someone at escrow obtained the last four digits of the SSN and used the bank's automated system to get a payoff.The second situation was similar but this one we kept as a rental.

I thankfully have a resident who is a locksmith and I keep extra locks with my tools.