If you ever make it out to Fort Worth let me know and we can talk shop over lunch or drinks.

Until then, I consider the application incomplete.Think of this as a $100 lesson.There are also plenty of online background/credit check services where you can set up the request to the applicant and they pay right there online, so nothing out of your pocket.

You state that most shops like this sell for 2-3 times net and it looks like you're paying 3 times net.  

Shop around for a different lender or put more down, it isn't great advice but those are your options if you don't want a different property.

Hence, it's taking longer for bigger developers to bring their juicy projects online. 

He has an auto shop in Logan Square which if you know Chicago you know has changed a lot the last ten years. 

But I don't know him at all, and there is very little info online about that company.Your help/suggestions/warnings are appreciated!

Using online forms is risky for something of this magnitude.My husband purchased our first house before we met and after we got married we went to a lawyer and paid around 900 to have me added to the deed.

I did a similar project to yours last year and it cost me 6.5k to put in a 4 zone system+ vents into bathrooms.Price out your system online, find installers willing to quote you a labor only price.

Happy to talk shop with anyone, however - I love this stuff, and talking with like-minded folks.