Also the current rate environment has caused many buyers to pause, so there is opportunity for buyers to present without the distraction of multiple offers or competition. 

I put in about $1000 of insulation over the last year + a programable thermostat and we cut our energy use by 30%.

======Become a POWER LISTENER=== Here's a listening trick that I use sometimes.....lean forward and slightly towards them while they're talking and place your cupped hand behind your ear to increase amplification if a distraction arises while they're talking.

Put in your offer as xyz title vesting tba in escrow.2.

Hello,I am trying to put in an offer for my first REO and was just looking for some inight and opinon.First I have been talking to to a buyers agent and he gave me a list of REO properties and I did find one that I believe would be a good deal so I asked him to provide me with comps so I can compare what the ARV would be to know if it was worth doing.Do your agents take a while to get back to you?

I found my first house that I want to flip and put in an offer today.

I put in back on the market the second day he moved out, and already showed a few times.

Be careful about what you buy and put in as costs, I've seen many builders buy a tool, an air hose, have the backhoe repaired and put it in the cost of that project, that is not an equity or property expense, it's a staying in business expense.Some lenders only look at hard costs, materials, labor, land, improvements with utilities, and some will allow softer costs like liability and hazard insurances, closing costs from prior transactions, engineering, plans, etc.

If you put in, say, carpets, those get depreciated over five years.

He said that it is zoned C1 which in this town allows for use as not only commercial, but also residential, multifamily residential, hotel, or just about anything you'd ever want to put in a downtown area.