What he meant might be for you to be just a documentation representative, now on things like that, depending on hours, I usually charge the whole day, or at minimum half a day, it is not only the time that I'll be on site, you need to include travel time.

Sorry, I meant Adam.

@Wayne Brooks I was not very clear when I said special certifications, all I meant was that they needed to be licensed and not some handyman off the street.

The last few columns are meant to help sort the list to find the best combination of low starting auction price and best rent potential.A few other questions I have: Besides attending the auction in person, is there any reliable way of finding out what the properties ultimately sold for?

I think when people were asking how you were financing they might have meant where did the downpayments come from and what % down were you doing? 

This has meant a much longer commute, but I am surviving for now!

To me, it meant that you got what you want, but then, the agent knows that your property is more valuable than the price being sold, his job was to squeeze all the dimes he could get the buyer for you.

Using one of these programs you could get into a house for as little as 1-2K down (depending on closing costs), which is less money out of pocket to keep saving as you progress in your real estate career.They generally are great programs and are meant to help the state's homebuyers.

What they meant to tell me is they did not have any *acceptable* credit.  

Hi @Jeff B. my post was not meant to be a self promo, just hoping it adds value to Sue's quest for info.