As to if you pay, if you think it will help you patch bridges to pay, go ahead, but be upfront, you can go like this, "I have to get 3 bids due to amount of work, but I'm willing to pay 200 for you to fill this scope sheet per line item regardless if you get it or not" -- if it were me, I could get away with "our policy needs to get me...." --.

How long do you have to cover it typically, as in how long does it take to fill a vacancy?  

MDO panels with strips for Board and Batten look up top, cedar shingles below on sides and back .... and clapboard below on front. (3) exterior colors. (1- top board and batten, 2- bottom shingles and clapboard, 3- trim)No scraping, but needs caulking, hole filling, etc.

Ideally, the next tenant will also want to stay for a long time, but if you have a shorter tenancy you can show the nice pics and list it and get a head start on filling future vacancies.

Plus I offered to take him on a awesome flight around the northwest .. that's a 1,500 dollar value  LOL  !!! 

Today, getting a mortgage is a pain in the ***, and although there are non-traditional lenders who have filled the sub-prime space (thank you fellow members), another real estate crash seems very unlikely as foreclosures will probably never again be as dramatic than 2008. 

(I'll fill in my BP profile and upload pic soon)Zack

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