If he is crazy and wants 500k then you don't need to waste time seeing how to figure out repairs costs.

Hi everyone I'm curious to everyone's opinion of the United States economy/dollar and its relation and effect to the rental market if the federal reserve don't raise rates and eventually collapse the dollar.For those that currently have rental investments, I'm curious to your thoughts and plans for such events, and what do you think will happen to mortgage loans if money is still financed, and renters?

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I think they are a waste of time for actually finding a buyer for that house, but great for the agent drumming up business, and if you are a branded fix and flip company to generate brand/market exposure that you really do buy houses and fix them up nice.All that said, I happened to sell that house on my first, and only open house to a couple who were just starting to look in the area, but had an agent.  

If I take $180k (a possible original loan amount) and plug it into a financial calculator for a 30 year fixed and 3.875% rate, it says the P&I payment is $846.If I tell it to pretend the P&I payment is $200 higher, $1046, and ask it to spit out the effective current interest rate, it spits out 5.715%.If I suppose that you've had this house for 3-5 years and don't want to go back to year one of 30, then you can look at a 25 year fixed.

Also you can try Thumbtack and HomeAdvisor as well but remember that contractors have to pay for those leads so be serious with your intentions before you throw out requests so you aren't wasting their time and money.

I just don't want to waste someones time if they are expecting me to have a property in contract before contacting them.

What kind of effect would this have on rental prices for detached homes in the area?

I understand the reason I'm being ignored is because no one wants to help someone starting out without any solid money because they would probably just waste a lot of time.

So it shouldn't be too difficult to get him to play ball as long as you let him know you're not wasting his time and gives him business for the deals that will work.