I've only heard this recently in a book I read, and by a closing agent from a title company.

I have a close friend of mine who is a Tech.

Some background: My husband and I closed on a piece of land in the City of Spartanburg in July with our LLC.

I watched an old BP episode that talked about other fees too before even getting started! 

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From closing to tenant move in, this deal took nearly 9 months to get up and running.

Interesting.I could see fees for like $300 per showing, then that amount is applied to a 2.5% BB fee at closing.

He said it is "nearly impossible" to get a good interest rate by purchasing through an LLC and that it will take an "arm and a leg" to get the deal closed.

You might be able to beat the average, but the odds are against you.FSBO is a little like selling a brand new watch at a garage sale.

He began by plowing for me and then started doing my lawn and then moved to some basic maintenance and now close to 20 years later I basically pay him a monthly salary to do whatever needs to be done.