The good news for you is that you reside in an area where people can and will pay a premium for high level design and construction.

It is easy to tear stuff up, and you will save a pretty penny if you do so.Go to the home depot, home emporium, lowes, lumber liquidators, everywhere and get your prices on paper.Labor is expensive, but if it sounds like a ridiculous number, it probably is. 

The problem right now is that to sell quickly or to get an investor interested, they will have to sell at a low price and lose a lot of their equity anyway. 

All of our programs are low-doc and don't require income verification. 

Thus I was led back to my roots, but let me explain.My family used to deal in real estate on a relatively amateur level.

@Jay HinrichsNothing that I'm aware of at the state level.  

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The fees/rates are a little higher but they're a good option for people who are self-employed and have a FICO in the low 600s.

There's no better time to buy than now, especially with the low-interest rates.

so instead they appraise super low so that either the borrower doesn't take the loan or there is so low an LTV that the lending institution can live with it.