This protects you in the deal if the home appraisal is low or a home inspection finds major issues with the property.Have your finances in order with either a pre-approval letter or cash to buy the home.

Assuming inspection doesn't turn up anything unexpected.I told my agent I thought $280,000 is a no-brainer and $300,000 I probably can't pull the trigger.

It's also always great to catch up with BP regulars I usually only get to see once a year at this conference.As for connections, we're trying to start a construction company and offer services to local managers to do preventative maintenance inspections in order to take advantage of our infrastructure and increase revenue while we aren't buying much. 

Conduct regular inspections?

If there is no problem then the HELOC will provide more flexibility since the cash out re-fi may yield more proceeds after improvements when applying the 70 or 80% LTV limit whereas you might get improvement proceeds from an investment loan but you won't want to because there will be a lot of red tape, inspections, draws, lien waiver compliance and a lot of other crap they load onto improvement loans on investment property.

I just replaced an AC for a similar property in College Station and had a quote for $8750.09 after inspections were done on the property.

The city of Cleveland does not require a POS inspection.

Once a tenant decides they like your property, it can take a little longer than a traditional rental because Section 8 requires a property inspection to ensure it meets their housing quality standards.

Tenants began pulling down the smoke detectors and calling out the Licensed and Inspection agency to write up the properties for violations so I could not get my rental license.

Allows buy low and get an inspection if possible Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?