If rent contol policy is put in place that doesn't allow them this kind of rent increases - the projects won't be viable to outside investors.

Dad put the money down for buying the house and the construction loan then paid himself back in full when it was converted to a perm mortgage put in my name. 

You can’t get your property pre-inspected to be “put in the program.”  

I have put in the work and have some greats leads, just looking for some help or guidance in getting someone to the appointments.

I was ready to put in the paper work to sign on with the realtor and submit an offer, but the Realtor is telling me that the owner is not cooperating and has some problems.The agent told me that about every 6 months the owner , when accepting an offer has to submit his w2 forms, and other paper work to the bank ( I have no clue what the owner has to submit or if this is even true) BUT, the agent said that he's been e mailing and leaving messages for the owner!

If they don't want it, I won't force them to have it...though I put in the lease that they SHOULD get it to limit my liability in case they say they didn't know.

I read it wrong... that makes you all the more the good guy- even if you (rightly) resent the hell out of being put in that position

After going back and forth a few times the REO agent told my guy that the bank would kill the deal if I insisted on a credit.I then put in a counter $1,500 less than the Net of my last offer to make up the difference (or like 8x the difference) in my cost structure by having to lay out that extra cash.They then countered at the price the netted the same as my previous offer.

So I put in an offer on my first property and the bank accepted it.

I'd much rather let lowes set up the contractor stuff since its a lot more reliable and if they mess up I know they're fixing it for free.I've thought about doing laminate more but that ends up $2 for laminate (I can't put in that cheap $1 or $1.50/sq ft stuff - it looks and feels terrible) plus $2 for install.I'd rather have carpet.