@Zariyan Sachedina I would go granite and find a “Hydro Shield “ dealer to seal it for a few hundred bucks.

Also think your neighbor is getting ripped off by a few hundred at least but prices are probably different in your state

The difference in appraisal values was in the hundreds of thousands of dollars...the first appraiser had NO right to disclose MY appraisal which I paid for in full.

"BRRRR" = add value and tap into it"House-hack" = get roommates"Side hustle" = 2nd jobNew terms for old strategies.The most important term in real estate is "deal flow"...need hundreds of opportunities flowing through the funnel.

This is usually only a couple of hundred dollars additional fees for the title company to prepare the necessary docs to ensure deed is recorded property.

A few hundred bucks and people won't wonder why it's not done

It's astounding how many people expect hundreds of cable channels in a vacation rental. 

The knowledge you gain will be worth a lot more than the couple hundred you pay for the inspection and will probably save your butt at some point.I have a background in the trades, property management, restoration work, new construction, completed many transactions, self managed 20 units when I was getting started, longtime rental property and home owner etc. so I probably know more than most about buildings but I still rely on inspections in order to see the true condition of a property because you can only see so much just walking through, plus sellers lie and try to hide things.

Complete minor repair, increased rental income by several hundred, put 2 new tenants in.

It is a few hundred a year and we went the route of conventional and saved a lot more than paying the higher rates with LLC financing and portfolio lending.