I've had to provide my personal credit report twice for the only 2 properties I've bought so far.The first instance was the very first property and I was just getting established with my banker at that time so it made sense for them to pull my credit.

For instance, they grab the lawyer that is good and is the least busy at the time to draw up the documents.  

In this  instance  should I still go ahead  and finish up  with the  quotes my  contractor  or is it to late  to  try to play my style  of  negotiation?

In many instances, repair work is actually more expensive than in a regular home. 

So if higher quality homes, I guess using a realtor is the alternative)I will stick to the fundamental in investment, for instance, investing in stocks i prefer to evaluate the fundamental of companies instead of chasing the most popular or heated stocks for long term success.

For instance, if I take out 5% of gross collected rents for repairs, and I don't have any tenants move out and don't need to make any repairs for 1 year, odds are when they do move out I will need to do a bigger rehab or repaint the whole apartment.

For instance, let's say that your primary residence still has a mortgage balance on it.

For instance a 60,000 dollar duplex rents out for about 400 a unit in a sketchy neighborhood versus a 140,000 dollar duplex renting out for 600 a unit in a nicer neighborhood.

There's too much room for misinterpretation and plain 'ole delivery failure.While working with clients as a personal trainer, I had more than a few instances where I wasted time/money waiting around for clients who chose to alter schedules via Facebook.

Another thing I've found, new construction is so rare (unless it's the big home builders doing tracts) that the subs are dumbfounded and keep saying they'll come to the job to look at it, I explain they can't do that because it's just being framed, and for instance I want the drywaller lined up BEFORE framing is complete because they come in shortly after that... it's so different here than where we moved from and people were hungry for work.