A portion of that has you Put YOURSELF in your Opponent/Partners Shoes and be able to Think like Them.However we're very complicated beings and even if you know someone closely for many years, you still can be surprised.1.

You can always request an extension for the home inspection period if you need, but you would be surprised how quickly you'll know what your getting into if you can have everybody lined up and do as much research now.

I also worked with a loan officer inside one of my bank's branches.From the little bit of shopping around I did, I was surprised at how different the banks were in what fees/costs they charged.

I will add that, even w/the surprises and hefty price tag on the work, the upgrades still fit w/in our budget b/c we had a contingency built in to our overall rehab budget.

If you start changing hinges, take one off and bring it with you to the store because you'll be surprised at the variety of dimensions that change from hinge to hinge!

In fact I would think the lender would want a high amount of reserves to cover high leverage risk.I am surprised you are finding 5 to 6% money at those levels.

You'd be surprised at how much further along you are than many who say they want to invest in real estate.

The value may surprise you.2.

Some times there was no bonanza but sometimes I could help them get restarted if they had the character to stand up and "hunker down" There are a few times I surprised a seller showing up at escrow by saying M/M seller, things didn't go as I expected and I want to change the sales price from x to y.

You'd be surprised by all the great deals you can find via marketing to for sale by owners.