I'm not sure if that's a "trust your gut" reaction or just the feeling of a first-time buyer.

It has been fully gutted. 3b/1.5 baths in the main home with attached carport.

Listen to your guts. 

You have guts!  

The work needed is tile in kitchen, new cab,counter tops, both bathrooms need to be gutted.

The work needed is tile in kitchen, new cab,counter tops, both bathrooms need to be gutted.

BUT I know in my gut I needed to be at the other company. 

My instinct tells me to NEVER pay more for a property than Tax assessment (mainly because there are oodles of properties available for LESS than Tax assessment - then you can apply for a lower assessment later if that unduly affects your outgoings).  

Some may say I am unfairly judging however with such a transaction I'd rather not go against that gut feeling.Anyway, thank you all for your input, I value it greatly being such a newb to this space.

To close deals you want to be able to answer your phone calls in case that you don't answer your phone calls you want to have a answer machine set up to filter through the calls something simple and professional like your name and a brief message works fine also when sending direct-mail it's very important to track your response rates in the communication you had with any of your direct mail pieces because there's no exact answer to when you should follow up with with leads,,depends on the rapport that you have built with them already your instincts as a leader will let you know when you should follow up with The lead, but in more simple terms follow up with the lead until they tell you to stop.