I finally had enough and gave him the code enforcement officer's name and badge number who approved my properties for occupancy with the same "needed repairs" he listed on my friends' properties.

I have the Carlton sheets program.

Prior to bidding you should get...Home inspectionFull Loan Approval (unless paying cash)If you are buying anything 100k light and 280k is the true ARV then what could go wrong.

Also, I would always have a pre-approval ready to go from a HML.

Also, go to the housing authority who is in charge of the section 8 program and they will help you place a tenant.

., how much time after the approval do you try for?

:chicken: The second client had to get a pre-approval from the bank that owned the home (even they had been approved by BofA).

Upon approval of this application the security deposit shall be deposited and held against the property identified herein, at which point all other applications shall be dropped.

Another clause that my mentor uses is "contingent upon my business partner's approval."

The city actually requires you to have inspectors come in and approve the property - because it has been vacant for 3 years and now lost it's Certificate of Occupancy - I have an idea of what it is going to take, but from the windows to the walls to the fixtures, switches, plumbing - the works needs to be repaired and I need to do the labor to cut back on labor cost.