You can work on the assumption that you can continue to perform at the same level.  

How is it then the banks ever come to have non performing loans on their books ? 

If the seller doesn't sign one, the buyer may have to sue to get the seller to perform or to get the earnest money back.  

If I can take the cash I have now and build something brand new for about how much it would take to fix up old.

Hello BP, Im brand new to BP and REI.I am currently in sales and looking for jobs, although my main focus is real estate.

Has anyone out there worked with branding their properties (specifically with a certain aesthetic, design feature, or actual signage)?

There is a Catholic church a block away and a brand new elementary school two blocks to the south.

I have now started furthering my experience by waking up at 4am and doing the "life SAVERS"(bp podcast 157)  before work and found a huge boost in motivation and enthusiasm.My Experience:I bought my first house last summer, 3/2 townhouse brand new.

They need the properties to perform because of the mortgage.

Hi All,My wife and I are planning on purchasing a vacation home to rent out in the Outer banks next year or late this year.  I noticed many of the homes there have "names", and usually some kind of plague, or sign out...