Also, working with a broker who specializes in working with investors will benefit you greatly as they will have advanced knowledge of coverage's/products available/relationships with their company representatives.  

I'm physically not built for it (especially all the sheets of 5/8 going on the current project to meet multi family fire codes), and I can struggle through the mud work and end up with a decent product but only after splattering it all over the floor and redoing mistakes way more times than I should have to. 

Try to find some local suppliers/distributors/dealers for the products you want and price the materials you are looking for.

And I absolutely know they can't physically move (they can barely get up to answer the door) so I even offered to come over today and help them sort through stuff and pack and they declined. 

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If its hydronic heating you can replace the freestanding radiators with a baseboard product like slant fin 30.

Houses under 100k have declined by about 15% even though demand is strong for those properties by home buyers as that is all they can afford.

I also recommend exploring other low-down payment products at your local banks and CUs.

Hey BP, Hope everyone is having a productive day.

He is essentially paying for a product without the guarantee to be delivered.