@Brian Adams Congrats on the tremendous success! 

They provide tremendous value when it comes to advertising and booking management – the 10% service fee (plus 2.5% transaction fee) is absolutely worth it!

I may have an extra discounted ticket if you decide to go- PM me or call if interested. 

One huge difference these days is that it's now lawful for the MLO to get paid any more or less depending on if you get an ARM, what rate you get, how many discount points you elect to buy, interest only v amortized, etc.

Also you will be kicking yourself in ten years when your house is worth a lot more and some buyer is asking for all of the work to be verified and asking for discounts on the sale price.

Feel free to check out my web site and see what I've done with the rates for my properties, different pricing weekdays and weekend nights, discounts for weekly stays, etc.

You are correct about service dates etc But what I'm saying is if you find a company that is willing to do multiple studies at a discount because they can do them at the same time you can bundle the price they're still different studies but there are companies that will cut you a break if you do three or four of them at the same time in the same general area since they only need to send an engineer out once etc.I know that core solutions group that I use is been willing to do that for people. 

I applied for a heloc on the property , but my DTI was too high because of the debt on the second home and really I would just prefer to sell the home at a discount, just not 17-20k.

I would not expect tremendous appreciation from growth and employment.

They are currently paying 830 because the previous owner gave them a discount for maintenance.