This can tell me a lot about the age of the plumbing, roof, HVAC, etc before actually walking it.

She ended up picking out material that was over the top and we could have saved some money.

I've done this to save some money on the commission side of things by deducting the amount I would've gotten paid from commissions off of the purchase price of the property. 

Hi Gabriel..I've been in and around loans since 2003..we work closely with our lending partner that actually can provide HELOC or fixed second loan using a variety of income including bank statements..I think you can go up to 80%-85% on a primary using bank statement on a second lien position.

You should also request an estoppel so the tenants can confirm that the info you were given in the lease is still current and correct (you never know if the owner gives you an old lease with old info, and maybe the tenant has actually signed a more current version). 

We actually sat with a lender today and went over financing options for a rehab.

hard money How did you add value to the deal?

Especially if you have some money to put down.

Taking a large chunk such as $100K out of an IRA all at once will put all of your income for the year in a higher tax bracket.From there anything you do with the after-tax money is fine.  

My concern.. if these big corporations are buying up a majority of houses, assuming there’s no legislation in place to stop them from doing so or sell them off, now IS the time to buy before they take everything from us over time.. it DOES seem like now or never.Regardless of recession and lay offs in the future, these big corporations will just buy more, they’ll never run out of money. and we will all have NOTHING.