I know I could drive all over the place and price shop and save money, buy my free time is worth more than the savings- most of the time. 

If I were in your shoes I would just shop it around.

Sometimes this stems from using brokers who have to go shop for loans and do not fully qualify a project prior to issuing a term sheet or a borrower not being fully truthful about themselves or project.

If I got that notice as a tenant, I'd be shopping around.   

If you are constantly loan shopping you will pretty much end up at square one.

These are the important pointers to keep in mind when shopping for tax planning:Tax planning is NOT part of tax preparation.

The realtor I saw in a local coffee shop new me as we had worked together previoulsy.

For furnishings, we bought Sarah Weaver's MTR shopping list.

Sellers, will decide, at their listing agreement whether they want to compensate a buyer agent or not and live with their consequence of whatever they choose.Buyers agents will now have to have that difficult discussion with their buyers about their compensation upfront and a buyer will more likely shop around for an agent and learn to negotiate what they will pay their agent if the seller is not offering or not offering enough.

Most first-time investors shop blindly and end up learning the hard way..Also make sure to present the deal clearly to the lender.