A good Realtor does this kind of work daily and should be more experienced and practiced at negotiating and hopefully will get more money for you.

The Kern River Valley has not experienced the appreciation that most of Bakersfield and Southern California has so prices are still very low.

Nothing against experienced investors, but I understand that most aren't as willing to help or are as enthusiatic as us new investors.So if you're in the Jacksonville area, please shoot me a message.

Sometimes it would be me (and I am not very experienced with dogs) and some nervous plumber trying to settle it down and shoo it away.When you have a unit with a dog or cat you will also lose out on a small number of future prospective tenants with bad allergies who cannot live in the same duplex with a pet.There are upsides to permitting dogs, one being that landlords often charge more.

Nobody panic.Neither Freddie or Fannie have changed DTI requirements in LP or DU, and both underwriting engines accept some loans with DTIs greater than 43%.

Have you experienced the slowness of funding or CS inquiries that others on BP have reported?

Talk to other experienced investors in your area, or google them.

It's great to have experienced folks join the site!

Has anybody experienced this before?

But not engineering/foundation work.Space to add something small to stand out is awesome.