Also, YOU need to be the person who makes the monthly mortgage payment, or the seller needs to provide you with online portal access to the mortgage lender's website or have statements sent to your address / email - so that you can make sure that it is being paid.

Lead paint and lead pipes are going to be probably your biggest worry.  

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What would be a good career to pursue that would best lead to success as a CRE investor? 

., permits, approvals, key fixtures), but were unprepared for the time associated with some of the smaller details—the lead time for the tiles we selected, not having planned our lighting fixtures and then having to redo electrical work when we picked a side versus top mounted light, having to scramble when selected items were unexpectedly out of stock, etc.

:) No, I haven't gone in person but I, per my usual post-posting luck, tried a few other search methods and happened upon this gem: https://aca3.accela.com/Atlanta_Ga/Default.aspxYou can search code complaints for COA online!  

Hi,I am looking for any reports, articles,studies or literature regarding the movement of the MLS from a paper system into the system we know today.Thanks! 

Actually had a call with a broker yesterday who has agreed to send me leads.

It is very time intensive, but gets good leads.

Joe I see this as highly regional.. when we were flipping in Dallas almost all appraisals came in low and we had to negotiate.. it was frustrating and since the homes were FHA buyers they no had any more money to make up the delta.. and with the uber high tax's there you just have to let them go and make less or break even on the flip.. we just were not efficient enough to compete there.In Oregon and Charleston were we do true NEW construction for retail in the 450 to 2 million price points.. we have not had one appraisal come in low.. they come in at our sales number.. and this last community we built.. the exact same house we built the year before on the same size lots we sold for 75k more.. and they still appraised.. that's good appraisers keeping up with rising markets.. in Texas it was not that way the appraiser were not tracking the rising market like they should have.For the average homeowner to use this strategy could lead to some frustration of making offers paying for inspections and appraisals and then trying to negotiate down only to have a sale fail and be out 1k or more and the time involved..