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I'm just surprised that people are actually replying to my discussion.

I drove for dollars for about an hour, where I found about 6 vacant homes, not a lot, but I was surprised I found those. 

I'm surprised to hear that the bank will come after you for a deficiency.

These expenses involve down payments, taxes, monthly carrying costs, emergency repairs or unexpected expenses including curve ball assessments.

Surprisingly very good honest people will lie if they get desperate.

Surprisingly enough my first RE related relationship was with a self managing realtor who helped me find my first deal, and had referred me to a local account purely for tax advice.

I'm going to jump on the save more, improve your credit bandwagon too.The reason is unexpected problems.

I'm a little surprised they haven't given you any hard numbers yet.

You can certainly ask for a co-signer, there is a podcast episode where Brandon and Josh were surprised that the investor didn't have co-signers for his student rentals.