The majority of REI's in Texas that want to access their equity will just us a cash-out refinance.

I remember Robert Leonard saying that he uses that method to access the equity for additional funds to renovate a property.Jeff V

I don't mind paying for their time, but it would be preferred to pay them after the work is done and the property is purchased".It's likely that someone here will tell you that a GOOD contractor is too busy to mess with your, "I'll pay you later IF I get the house" gift.Do you currently have easy access to the inside of the property?

If I had only bought one I may and it was the alligator I may have stopped there.

Unfortunately the only access is through the back of the house since it's a row home so no cars could get back there. 

In some ways part of the PM job is to stop you from doing something stupid, but this is going too far.

That , together with the pink stuff after, will stop the itch for 8 hours or so and you can sleep all night. 

Where would I get this information without having access to the MLS?

For the latter, for example- buying a fixer-upper in a sketchier neighborhood would be pretty risky if you don't have easier access to get to the property if need be.

Agents cannot share their access information with anyone.