All this to say, I have a passion, and some acumen about the REI space, but more importantly a deep faith and belief in the wealth-building engine in the Real Estate asset class.  

Hello Ashley,I’m finishing up a project in Copperas Cove with Clyde Burns @ 3 feathers Maintenance / remodeling and I’m very happy with the progress and work he has done for me.

70% of 140 is 98 and that is lower than your acquisition so semantics but you get it, your an engineer or something ?

Basically a social engineer's treasure trove of information.Is this a normal request?

If that is a true bargain and depending on your market, it might spark a bidding war that will get her something higher than 79K.I always laugh when listed properties say they'll take whatever but it's still listed at a price that not at market (or it would've moved already) - if they TRULY TRULY want to sell, they will slash and burn the price down until it sells.  

If the house is a very good deal hire an engineer which will cost $200-$500 to evaluate it as this could be a small problem or a very large problem

Hi Jeff, Apart from publishing my investment newsletter, I also work as a software engineer and would be happy to do some priliminary testing for you.

Processing of this phase also includes a Cost and Architectural/Engineering review to determine acceptability of final design and cost estimates.

The new investor ends up getting burned and normally gets out of the business after a couple deals.

Plus if you get too nosy, you might burn a bridge.