Bait and switch is not good for you the consumer or for us the lenders, but there are a few that operate their business this way-unfortunately. 

Sales and transactions are trickier, because the vast majority of purchases involve a large sum of money for both the seller and the buyer.Some of the best consumer surplus from technology comes from much smaller purchases.

Regular consumers pay about 400 per square.So your roof in my area would be APPROX $3900-$5200. 

Usually it will be priced better (rate/fee combo) through them than if you called XYZ Bank directly, due to volume discounts generally unavailable to a typical "1 mortgage per 3-7 years" consumer. 

Unfortunately, unlike here in CA, FL does not have any maximums on what a contractor can charge for a deposit, it is up to the client and contractor to agree on said deposit (at least that is the info I had since I checked last in FL).In CA, we have better protections for the consumers where the contractor may not charge more than 10% up to $1,000 maximum at contract signing.

Housing pricing to rent ratios aren't so favorable where I live for this kind of investing.A little about me aside from investing; I'm an analyst for a consumer packaged goods company (spreadsheets, statistical analysis, market studies and economic trends are my daily routine.)

Doing it in the “grey”area is certain.y less costly and time consuming up front, and may work out fine.

don't side-track yourself ...the last 2 years of nursing school will be all consuming. 

As a relatively new investor in real estate, I've been consuming a LOT of content to learn from other people's mistakes and advice, and have begun modeling the financials of different types of properties with my own calculations.

After nearly 2 years of religiously consuming BP content, I'm excited to finally introduce myself and post about my first deal.