It's so hard to find a house to flip when the market is so hot. People are paying so much for the homes that need rehab becuase even use buyers are biding on those. I found an off market deal that takes a true rehab s...

I've had several local referrals that didn't pan out, the search here on BP returned no one, can anyone out there refer someone before I just start randomly calling/emailing architects in the local directory? 

Our grandkids will pay for it certainly, and we'll see how this whole inflation thing pans out too, we may end up ourselves paying for it very very shortly.

He will probably want to wet test the pan. 

When I work with an agent and they aren't panning out, I never want to lock myself in to that person. 

Might not effect you day 1, but 6 months from now when your Property Manager is trying to enforce the lease the tenant will go around them and call you at early one morning on their way to work, which means Pacific time you are getting a call at 3-4am! 

If you lose equity on the buy who cares about a on paper cashflow number that doesn't pan out half the time in real life after cap/ex/turnover/etc. 

Check out Sean Pan's awesome podcast.

If you're working with an independent mortgage broker that works with multiple lenders and banks, and you lock long enough that it's good for a week or so after the election, here's how this could pan out for you:- Rates go up.

In most cases, the math will pan out that those higher costs are nothing compared to what a lower rate will save you in the long term.