Your wifes broker is due a cut if she gets the referal closed.

No chance of a short as these things are so leveraged that it would be hard to cut one out of the group.

If you try to do it for less one way to cut corners is to manage the property yourself.

There is a special session in place this week, working overtime in the capitol on tax reform, and they have passed 'part one' of a two-step process that would cut taxes... the second part would be voted on in a referendum later this year, and that's the part that will make the substantial difference, by super-sizing the Homestead Exemption allowance.

The "gurus" certainly won't say that because it cuts into their ability to sell expensive courses and doesn't make REI sound easy.

This cuts down considerably on the "trial and error", although the nature of the beast is that sooner or later everyone gets at least one "lesson".

If my buyer knows that I don't have the money, they can cut me out the deal.

You can cut it cold by scoring with a utility knife and snapping, or heat it with heat gun and it cuts like butter.

I tend to do my own work (although jacking up and putting a foundation under, in order to raise the ceiling is beyond me) and I'm not sure I could bring this in for $50KI'm guessing you have building codes so plan on re-wiring the whole house to bring to code.Floor uneven and warped is MOISTURE, have to find it and stop it.Don't know the size of the windows but a few hundred per is about right.Carpet a few thousand.Sheetrock repair a few hundredKitchen cabinets and appliances, minimum of about $5K for CUT RATE stuff.Counter tops, $300-$3KInsulate and sheetrock basement, a few thousand.Knock out a few walls etc in the upstairs, about $5K+, moving walls is not as simple as "moving walls".Bedroom doors, $100/each, minimumLandscape and exterior paint, a few thousand."

The state just resurfaced the 127 corridor through New Miami.Middletown's got some life since the AK Steel guys are back on contract, but a bunch of them are hanging on by a bare thread financially.