these quotes are outrageous.. my mortgage broker estimated my monthly mortgage on a $1200/year insurance policy, so everything isd telling me insurance should not be 2600/year but those are the quotes im receiving, any ideas?

Smaller communities are unlikely to receive a good response from Craigslist.

At closing we received a hand written report from the contractor who turned out to be the sellers father who is liscensed in 2 other states and not VA.

Excellent!

I purchased a SFR in Pittsburgh last summer and received a tax bill a couple months ago.  

It'd be great to partner up with some new friends or receive private lending :)Btw, I'm a huge fan of the site!

With real estate it's more like an Excel formula: "If this, then that, or that, else the other"If I had to do it again, I would have paid $50K more for the same size property with a better maintenance history in a better area.

I’m astonished by all the great responses/feedbacks I’ve received from you guys.

I once received as a gift a set of bits from my Dad which he claimed contained "everyone I have ever seen in my life."

His end goal is to refinance with a conventional loan but he wants to wait another 6 months after his credit score improves from his current 650 credit score to receive a better interest rate.