Happy to have a call and walk thru this with you!

I regularly call sellers on behalf of my buyer clients that I have preapproved and walk the seller through the rigor of my preapproval process to prevent this exact situation. 

I ALWAYS recommend a buyer attend the inspection and walk around with the inspector.

Adding to this - any insurance agents here who can take the time to walk me through options rather than just send me a quote then harass me to sign pls message me :) 

If you recall also those with swimming pools in Los Altos hills that were on a hillside some of them the water came out and flooded into their homes.. it was quite random.. my kids were walking home from grade school alone ( Back in those days it was OK for kids to walk a few blocks by themselves.. )  The poor folks though on Hwy 17 connector through Oakland got pretty much squished when the top deck fell down that was very sad..

While it would be great to make sure that the seller can pay off the loan and walk away with enough to live off of, you can't just be willing to overpay for the property.

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I understand that rents and flips will have different criteria's of renovations and that I could always get a contractor to go out and get a quote; however, is there a way to learn on my own and be able to analyze how much a rehab will cost just from walking a house and going to a showing. 

To have a strategy in place on how to set up times for end buyers to walk the property and have a strategy for how the winning bid will be accepted.

I meet the appraiser there to walk them through the property, answer any questions and HAND them the folder with the above info.