I am a lender on the east coast and I can walk you through your options and discuss more about what to expect with any hardmoney lenders.

Now the Treasury Secretary is expected Sunday to announce a plan to take Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac under government control.The mortgage giants are expected to be placed under a "conservatorship" of their new regulator, the Federal Housing Finance Agency.

The problem with FSBOs and unrepresented buyer is that both parties don't have expectations for the contract, and should there be a problem during inspections, title work ,ect you may get screwed.

Designers aren’t investors and won’t know what you need.

â€Question #3: “Since the amount of work involved doesn’t really differ according to the value of the house, financially, it seems like the percentage commission would make higher prices more favorable from a buyer’s agent’s perspective.

Friday September 5th 2008 Fannie issued an announcement pertaining to what most of us expected was coming.

You don’t need to pay $9k unless you feel that you will get something very significant out of that investment.

It doesn’t need to be perfect, just livable.

Its been a while since I've discussed this with my broker, but IIRC, it was less than I expected.

What kind of shingles are on the roof, 3-tab, T-locks.....?