Get the property inspected.Call the utility companies and arrange for utilities to be changed on the closing date and have meters read for billings.

Estimating repairs is the wrong place to cut corners at this stage of your investing career.Wishing you tremendous success!

In my time as an Realtor and Investor I have been very blessed and look to find ways in which I can PAY IT FORWARD.My latest idea that I am trying to put into fruition is using staging furniture that has been donated by my local Habitat Restore, coordinating with a local artist to redo and style, then stage my home with these redesigned pieces of art.It's a win-win-winHabitat gets money from me buying it, the artist gets paid to restore it, then when there is a price tag put on it in my home, boasting the artist and the funds going BACK to habitat should a buyer purchase the property, both the artist and habitat gets paid again.

Additionally, the best thing an agent can do for a client is get the home ready to sell; i.e. help the owner depersonalize the home, fix things that turn potential buyers off, arrange rooms so they're not crowded and feel open, etc.

I did read instances where the deposits were at the range you mentioned, I have since updated my contract to reflect $20.With regards to the purchase part, I have no where near the cash that it would take to buy a property at this stage.

I'm going through the beginning stages in CA currently.

If so, how did you find them and what arrangement did you have?

Welcome.This arrangement almost never works out....UnlessYou write up an agreement of 1.

When you get to the contract stage there is going to be fees, options, deposits, proof of funds and bank approvals.

I dont like the sound of you and your dentists potential arrangement.