I've pretty much decided I'm going to shoot for a compromise in my contract: contractor provides an approximate week-by-week timeline for the project, correlates the draws to the work to be done each week, with large budget items e.g. hvac, appliances, foundation work, etc limited to their own draws; that shouldn't over complicate things too much, it limits my risk, and doesn't force the contractor to pay out of pocket.

While conventional lenders are ideal for the average homebuyer who will purchase a single-family home with a down payment and a conventional payment schedule, they are singularly unable to deal with multi-unit properties, development deals or other complicated investment opportunities.

Not sure if WI is a judicial or trustee state, but Zillow doesn't seem to keep track of trustee sales very well.

I wouldn't be surprised if real estate "consultants" remained -- people paid on an hourly basis to help with transactional details and paperwork -- and I wouldn't be surprised if real estate attorneys took a more prominent role in the complicated transactions, but I don't think the value of real estate agents is there.Ultimately, agents do the following:- Help procure buyers for sellers and help procure housing prospects for buyers;- Help with negotiation;- Fill out forms and deal with procedural details of the transaction;- Coordinate closings.The first bullet above is by-far the most important, and eventually the Internet will provide the ability for buyers and sellers to find each other without a middleman.All that said, real estate agents have a very strong lobby, so they probably won't go away as quickly as they should.And full disclosure, I'm a licensed agent.

Sorry to keep bombarding with overly complicated questions...

Nothing overly complicated, folks do that everyday.

There are a lot of good ideas floating around here.The deal is it's beginning to get to complicated for what it is.

When it comes to marketing, in my field and occupation I have meet, know, meet with, work with, and around the biggest and best persons and entities, and over and over again when it comes upon the marketing subject it is almost like a complication competition, each racing the other to the most structured, sazy, new fandangled idea that is a "sure hit".

You may find that you no longer have copper pipes and wires, this will complicate matters a bit. i have had this happen several times, it helps to know this before you bid on the property.

In other words, how long do we have before things get complicated and/or legal fees start occuring, and a lawyer needs to be involved?