Many members are experts in their respective fields related to real estate investing, whether that is real estate brokerage, wholesaling, flipping, buy and hold, lending, self-directed IRA and Solo 401k investing, or tax and legal guidance.There are some pretty cool discounts on various products and services offered as Perks to BP members that you might want to check out: https://www.biggerpockets.com/perks/proIf you haven’t checked it out already, the Bigger Pockets blog features links to their awesome podcast and many great articles: https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/

Agreed....”as is” and having an inspection clause are not related to each other.

Basically I hope to build investment property portfolio over the years hence I am looking for a good agent with whom I can build a relation.

Eli, I am excited to hear that the biggest employers are not oil related.

You can check for living relatives but often they are not executors and administrators who can deal with you.2.

Has anyone ever rented out a primary home to a relative?

@Jay Helms I can completely relate with your post and thank you for sharing! 

Many members are experts in their respective fields related to real estate investing, whether that is real estate brokerage, wholesaling, flipping, buy and hold, lending, self-directed IRA and Solo 401k investing, or tax and legal guidance.There are some pretty cool discounts on various products and services offered as Perks to BP members that you might want to check out: https://www.biggerpockets.com/perks/pro

I am aware of wholesalers that try to make the deal into a "win-win" for both themselves and the seller, and in speaking with them I think this can actually be a potential competitive advantage.I'm relatively new to BP and still 'researching' how the majority of wholesalers operate, but it seems to me that real estate purchase option agreements are a more elegant way to conduct this type of business.I'm in the process of trying to put together a blog that, hopefully, will allow me to demonstrate this. 

These details were all relatively inexpensive things that we could build and/or paint ourselves without having to pay for extra labor.