Anyway thanks again for all those who participated.

Well thanks to all who participated.

Look forward to participating and hopefully can contribute to the forums here.Brian

To all the newbies, please stay active and participate frequently on the site.

I was under the impression that GSE's (FNMA and Freddie) had to participate and that it is an opt-in program for the banks.

Having said that, I would suggest to roam around the neighbourhood and find some of the best examples and take the best out of the ones you like within your budget.Obviously, if you wholesale, do the bare minimum.

I hope that made sense cause it barely does to me.

But without an understanding of the real situation, its hard to give specific advice.My feeling is we're not going to see more big drops in prices, baring some big new crisis.

Additionally, just as posting here in the forums gives you exposure, participating in the blog's discussion can have the same results.Thanks again!

Jimmy your welcome.Bpo agents come in many levels.If you have a newbie completing one they might look at your comps and your repair list.Seasoned bpo brokers/agents complete sometimes 200 or more bpo's a month and barely have time to breathe.They have a mill telling them get the report back in 48 hours or we will start reducing your volume.The last thing they want is to have to chase down an investor to gain access trying to influence them so they can make a measly 50 bucks and get on to the next orders.If they can't get access they often tell the mill to re-assign which causes the bpo to take weeks to get back.For the bpo broker/agent it's about how fast can I get out there and take pics and upload to the office.I still do a few a month but stopped doing the volume years ago.Used to in the hot sales market I would get 130 to do a rush 24hr exterior.