Im willing to bet responses would go up.

I read over that book about 4 times.So based on that (and that i worked in the construction industry for 5 years) I am now certified to do my own inspections :-).

Your best bet is to find one that is, and stick with them.

I had the security deposit that the kid's father had put down (I'll bet he was mad about this stupidity).

There are a couple conventional lenders that do "one time close" construction loans.

I graduated from Kansas State University in May, 2003 after earning a degree in Construction Science and Management.

bet ya get farther faster with a broker than you will on your on

A few suggestions which I think would enhance biggerpockets (some taken from vBulletin), in no particular order:* multi-quote - the ability to select multiple posts for quoting* kudos - ability to register approval of a post, or agreement with a point, and then count these and somehow rate posters - just provides more incentive to share and try to be constructive and helpful * ability to view the forum in wide screen format (maybe you can but I can't see how - the forum text only takes up about 30% of the width of my screen)* more/better emoticons - happy to suggest some if you like ;)* also I'd like emoticons inserted where the cursor is, rather than always at the end of the text (ie if you edit and want to insert an emoticon in an earlier para, you seem to be only able to do it by cutting and pasting the emoticon, which is always inserted at the very end of the whole post)* I imagine this is related to the fact that whenever you format some text, your cursor is moved to the very end of the post; I'd rather the cursor be left where it was just prior to applying formatting (eg bold)* ability to report/hide abusive posts, to try and stop conversations degenerating into slanging matches :roll: Love the forum - thanks, Josh.

I found that on top of the repair work listed, the roof was poorly constructed, the kitchen is missing, there are no bathroom fixtures, the paint on the outside of the home (painted 2yrs ago) is peeling, the pluming is incomplete, the back porch is missing and the front porch needs some repairs as well.

Having done the Illinois Home Inspector's certification course and realizing that out of my entire class only I and one other guy had ANY construction experience and knew which end of a hammer to swing, I stopped getting inspections.