That's $24000, as opposed to $12000 at 3%, a significant difference in most people's mind.She has other offers coming from parties she also dual represents, so if I come in with my own agent my offer will mean her commission will be reduced to half.

Going through complete remodel while occupied, starting room by room with eventual common area and exterior finish by spring.

In cases where there is limited access, I do all the research I can based on the exterior (e.g., does the structure look like it had been hit by a cannonball?) 

Basic scope: Interior/exterior paint (including some interior drywall fixes and exterior siding repair), remove two closets and turn it into a hallway down the middle of the house (see photos above), remodel kitchen including floors, paint and counters (reuse cabinets), take down the kitchen wall to create open concept, sand and refinish all hardwood and repair hardwood where the closets were removed, add in closets to all three bedrooms, and relocate multiple doors.

The property I am currently looking at is in a historic district so all exterior changes must be approved by a planning board.

How do people in cold climates handle homes that need exterior paint (basically all homes in my price range to some degree)?

It turns out that one of the rooms had an electric baseboard heater as opposed to steam radiators in the other rooms and this was causing the sharp increase in their electric bill.

All lenders "want the deal" but then when it gets into the fine details many times they create goblins that do not exist  / appetite for new construction class A disappears / Loan committee does not like the color of the exterior / the location of the project  / the income projections .

If you want everyone to simply search the question as opposed to asking it what's the point of a networking site?

Exterior water penetration is usually a bonus I have found.