Submit offers that make it profitable, you seem like you have a good understanding on analysis to do that.As far as your guy dismissing the foreclosures and distressed properties... well I could be wrong but I think a fair amount of people on this site would disagree. 

When I had difficulty obtaining property characteristics as an appraiser, I would submit requests to county assessors office.

ThanksMizA seller is not going to want to let you tie up their property for 30 days for such an open ended clause.If I am selling you the property I am going to tell you to go to the county and do your homework, when your homework is done make me an offer.You can submit an offer with specific clauses.

If you plan on submitting a written offer why wouldn't you say that?

Wait until your other submitted offers pan out and thank him for his work, and go on your way.

This article is talking about Software developer and engineer salaries, not real estate, but I think it can easily be applied.http://tgeonetta.com/cost-of-living-vs-salary-best...There is a lot of talk on BP about where to get the best return, what states are better for investing, etc.

You need an attorney with development and retail experience helping you with this.Typical is an LOI is submitted.

The lender will still add the last previous years together and dived by two and take the middle income.My advice to you si that you should find a top lender in your area, one that is been in business at least 12 years, meaning that he was in the business when the "creative" way of lending was done and can run numbers on his calculator, not input numbers in a computer software program and see what the automatic underwriting tells him. 

Jerry, "the pay really is more equal for sexes than most other professions"That is an interesting statement as I also read that there is a discrepancy in the pay scale in most professions between men and women whether you are  software engineer, physician, lawyer, accountant etc, but there is an even playing field between men and woman in how much one makes in real estate sales. 

He has the blue prints, no submitted to county as of yet.