Tap with a good force and if its solid no termites,,,if it is infested you will know,,thin wall barrier and inside all chewed up.

I would also use an attorney so that you have that E & O protection.Some fun points are: - 7 day waiting period after disclosures are made.- Closing cost estimates cannot be more than 5% off.- Another 3 day waiting period if anything changes in the contract.- No mark up on title or credit report fees.- Must impound taxes & insurance under certain loan terms.You can do 5 seller financed deals per running 12 months, but are still required to do all of these disclosures.

Anyway, keep it up, because it really is fun!

This aloud me to find some tremendous leaders who were always willing to share their experience.From there I started to reply to an occasional blog or forum post that was in my sweet spot of buy and hold investing.After a few months of this I stepped up and proposed my own forum discussions, asked some questions and wrote an occasional blog post.As of today I am honored to be a weekly contributor (Monday's) and I am weaving my buy and hold investing program into topics that are aimed and new investors and investors with full time jobs.I look forward to BiggerPockets being a part of my lead generation going forward as the site helps build my reputation and brand.Should be lots of FUN!!!

A "realty" show could cover first time investors, first time flipper, first time land lords and all the fun, challenge, risk, and reward that goes with those things.

Unfortunately we didn't understand the difference between 22 long rifles and 22 shorts and our grandpa chewed us out for shooting holes in the roof!

I just don't want to bite off more than I have time to chew.

Extra bedroom is not permitted and yet is tied into existing structure - to permit costs thousands, to tear down costs thousands... fun stuff.5.

Have fun and report back.

I had a deck guy use too much pressure and chew the heck out of a 3yr NICE/$$$ deck.