My dad was a carpenter, so naturally I became one as well!

Scott Have no idea why his name never works for me with the @... get with him....Why not use a state approved cotract and us an addendum to state the AS IS nature of the sale, as is, where is, without any representation or warranty, except as to title. ?

You'll need a lot of marketing to pull in a lot of leads, and you'll need to learn how to analyze properties and figure out how good of a deal it is.

I always felt a little strange pulling it out to swap contact details in front of tenants who had the latest iPhone.All of my tenants have flashy big screen HD TVs.

Is the bank local, regional, or national in nature??

As far as comps since I don't have mls access I can only get a range from the popular sites, I did pull a list of recent sales from the tax site I'm still searching for buyers in that area I have found some but getting contact info has been challenging

They were very fair on their charges & I got a 3.875% 30-year fixed.No doubt about it, I couldn't have pulled this off without Mike H.

I am not overly worried about keeping it rented, but just a natural pessimist/conservative person so nervous about competing for rentals against the guys with a bigger reach.

You should start asking attorneys if they can pull off a double close.2) If you mean how long do you have to close the deal from the day you get the house under contract till it expires, you have 30 days, anything after that you will need an extension and that will cost money.

They aren't in business to provide a public service so that others don't have to do the work to find listings or pre foreclosures, and pull comps.