Its my understand that the hard money lender is usually the one with little risk because they usually charge lots of points and high interest.

For example, many companies will charge you for full color on both sides of a postcard, but you really only need two colors on the address side of the card.

The additional $5K the contractor charged you is what could be called sweat equity.

-What is the most you would be willing to pay for a search if: You were guaranteed that they would find the person or that you would not be charged if there were no results?

[size=18][i][b]What about the travel claim office's requirement to charge "fair market rent"?

It's cheaper that way and networking is essential for your business to succeed.

You would either need to build a cheaper product or find a piece of land in an area that commands stronger sales prices.Also, urban re-development property is rarely evaluated in $/acre.

For example, if you charge $1500/month with $500 rent credit, the tenant would receive $500/month toward down payment if exercisting the purchase option - in essence this means that they were effectively paying only $1000/month during the rental period with a "forced" savings plan to help with the down payment.

your skilling in fixing is time and cost of saving laborhigh cost states such as calfornia, new york and hawaii. labor cost is too expensive unless you can do the work yourself. however, states such as texas, new mexicolabor are cheaper and but the risk is if you can able to move the property(able to sell it)test your market first.... slow moving states i would stay out unless you have a buyer...it make sit for months or years. thankssunsmicro

In reference to a rehab, you would need to factor in longer sell times and decrease your sell price significantly, but if you are offering a better house, 10% or 15% cheaper than other houses on the market yours will be the one to sell.