Have a house for sale that we will walk away from the closing table with about $52,000, will set $6,500 back for taxes and the remainder can be down payment on the vacation house and/or pay the car balance off, depends on the required down payment on the vacation rental.Any advice would be niceThanks, Gayla

In this case, liens are satisfied in order and the remainder goes to the homeowner. 

I keep my RE brokers license in case I need to make commissions some day.. and my NMLS license is one Ice but I keep up with CE incase I want to start a HML shop again.. etc etc.

If someone always is making returns, "maybe, you would be better off shopping elsewhere?"

@Aaron McGinnisI just pulled apart a tenant to patch of a door knob hole in drywall comprised of a plastic shopping bag held in-place with patterned duct tape and covered with plaster-of-Paris.  

good question @Barshay Graves  ... i was a plumber many years ago and replaced a lot of galv. back then copper was the best option... these days pex pipe for water pipe is so easy to install plumbers are installing for less and makes a huge job of repipe not as much of a challenge. get your prices for waste and water replacement (pvc or abs pipe for waste)  (pex for water)  and shop around a bit. 

Take her shopping with you when you're choosing materials.  

I dont really know for sure where to post this,,,if it needs moved thats fine.I became aware for the first time about a year ago after googling Federal pacific breakers,,,as I was shopping for some double thin ones to stretch box space. 

Shop around and talked to as many lenders as you can.

Clever investor figures he's found a good building to buy because it has a 10% capbut he is figuring he will borrow a HML of $84,000.00 to put a down payment down then he will get an owner financing deal for the remainder, $236,000.00.