Obviously, it kind of sucks for us to discover foundation issues but a smart seller I would imagine realizes that he is just going to have to deal with this issue coming up again with the next buyer if he ends up sending you away so I am trying to hold my ground while being reasonable.

I am doing my best due diligence of course, and it is for that reason that I am here.

But for what ever reason it would need a portfolio loan.

The reason why I am writing is because I wanted to introduce myself as a new investor who lives in a market that he cannot afford so we have to look to other markets in order to find deals that can meet our criteria such as the 1% rule.

Is there a reason for this?

Adam Bergman's book "The Checkbook IRA" is one of the reasons I elected to go with IRA Financial Group, but I did want to check with the BP community. 

The only reason I bothered was because I knew it was a high appreciation market, and I knew it would be short term. edit - I actually realized this post seemed familiar, I already answered your other identical thread. apologies

He explained that was one of the reasons he wanted to meet face to face.

My contractor was slow but he was really reasonable on prices and I found some great deals on the material as well.  

Reason being is that I will be in school for the next 2-3 years(10-20K rent), I can add value/fix the house while I'm living in it, instead of paying rent I can rent out the other 3 rooms to my friends at school (mortgage payments/free living/profit?)