Until they get the signed papers from you and the earnest money and the asset manager signs the offer you have nothing.Make sure you are working with a repeatable agent that knows the process and that is your best bet. 

Your best bet is to find a name-brand brokerage and hire one of their newer agents, someone who has the support in place and is hungry for business.Any decent loan officer should be able to turn out a new pre-approval letter within an hour any day of the weak; use a local lender if you can.As far as cash out of pocket, there are currently a lot of good conventional loan products out there that only require 5% down, which isn't a heck of a lot more than 3.5%.

I bet I listened to six consecutive episodes that day and, over the days following, sort of neglected my bar prep because I was wholly consumed by the topic of real estate investing.

I would bet thats the case.its great if one can get their contractor to wait on payment if it was me I would spiff em 500 to 1000 bucks for doing so...

I think too that just having an LLC as a fortress for liability isn't going to work for you being a single member LLC and you doing the management, your best bet is insurance.

You can bet my last dollar on that.

Local banks and credit unions are probably your best bet.  

I know that overwhelming feeling so well :-)Keep rising to the top... little by little I bet you will be the expert you are aiming to become.Make it a GREAT day,Manny

As an added bonus, i would bet you probably learned a thing or two more about that local market than you did before you embarked on the project.

Water can still collect, or pool in a pipe, even after air is used.Best bet?