Now that said a persuasive agent can move a seller to some extent.. but keep in mind its the buyers agent trying to sell the listing agent.. they are not talking directly to the seller.. and both the agents want the deals to go .. they don't want to work on listings that wont sell .. price just has to be what a seller will accept that's bottom line.

Amount of money in the escrow is locked in so any extras have to come either from home owner or from the bottom line of the contractor. 203k homeowners don't usually have spare cash (hence why they applied for this product in the first place) but very often want higher end finishes or some extras.

That's when he said he's flexible but he doesn't know what his bottom line is. 

Fannie will actually back loans that are C5 or C6 (after C6 is teardown, C1 is new construction): "Properties with a Condition Rating of C6 are eligible for sale to Fannie Mae provided any deficiencies that impact the safety, soundness, or structural integrity of the property are repaired"As a consumer you would never know who those bottom feeder lenders are that would lend on a C5/6, since they have completely trash rates (better than non-qm and HML) and are slow (what would that commercial look like?

@Linda LovelyWhy does your profile photo have a shutterstock logo on the bottom?

The doors are roll up metal and seem pretty tight to the wall, but some are missing the weather flap on the bottom of the doors.So, I have put out poison, but really how do those with self storage facilities control rodents when people put crackers and cereal in their units along with boxes of clothing?

Bottom line, now is a great time to sell, BUT are you confident in this market that you are going to find the two “deals” that cash flow $1200 combined with the money made from the sale?

Hey everyone, so I recently just purchased my first rental duplex and have been renovating it top to bottom.

Bottom line, use someone who is skilled at 1031 strategies when you offer. 

Bottom line: I dont see prices going up very much if at all here in San Antonio.