(Think Fight Club, "On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero.")

That required some fighting on my part - they were rather reluctant.

A savvy borrower might understand they could fight you and win, and not care.

In real life, you don't have the same issues they seem to have each time, ie fight and cuss out with contractors, and the major added expenses of items uncovered after the purchase.That said, in real life rehabbing, you WILL have extra expenses each and every time, no matter how long you have done this or how good you are.

Our attorney is fighting the thing and there is roughly $100k in red meat in the deal so I hope we can get the thing fixed.

Because she has had to fight with tenants for years.

At that point you better be an absolute expert and have the financial wherewithal to fight it out.

She can't act like a brat, like sisters fighting.....unless she is your sister, which is what she is doing, there is a reason, you need to figure out what that is.

Hopefully this is the right forum.My live-in fiance is still fighting a nasty divorce that just won't go away.

As far as the lockbox deal, you can ask and I have heard of some agents willing to do that, I would not because its my license on the line.Being loyal to an agent ( obviously as long as the agent is loyal and decent to you ) is in your best interest, with anything in life, the relationships you build should help you down the road.You can use the listing agent, but its not in your best interest, while there is dual agency ( meaning agent is handling both sides of transaction ) and our ethics says we should represent both parties equally, your still better off having your own separate agent represent and fight for you.