I assume you can roll paint, so while you have these contractors lined up, as them what the cost would be, see what paint costs along with your materials and consider your time, doing this may save you some money on small things you might do yourself, but you can present the bids and the appraisal to base your offer on.You also need to explain that an appraisal is an estimate, not a true value and that you need to make a reasonable profit if you are in the business and justify your offer.Saying older lady doesn't mean much, if she is elderly I suggest you take some additional steps after you get a contract and that is to involve some center of influence, her kids, her attorney or someone who may advise her.

. #1 was purchased from savings, and the down payment for #2 was shared by a handful of people in the office who wanted to get in on the deal.

My business is quite profitable but is still in its start up stages and I haven't saved much money at all for big down payments on real estate investments.I have been scouring the market, driving for dollars, looking at craigslist, you name it looking for deals.

Worked for me earlier and saved the post.

I'm in the process of saving right now but would rather not have to use it on a down payment so I will follow your advice brother.

So you may as well draft your own legal documents from scratch for all the protection you are getting from Rocket Lawyer and save yourself the cost of joining them.

However, the money just isn't enough and I want a means to live rent & bill free on the dime of rental properties and saved "flipped" profits.As for me, I'm a gardener with chickens and a small collection of organic plants.

We just did that instead and saved the headache and expense of everything else they wanted us to do.After removing the PMI, I figured it was similar to investing the money at an annual 6.7% rate.

I am a case worker with juvenile parole services and have my Been saving money.

Cyrus -The 70% ARV formula is designed to be a rule of thumb and not exact.The 30% remaining is designed to be divided as follows:10% for sales costs and closing costs10% for cost of financing10% profitPeople who can get financing cheaper or save on closing costs can adjust the formula or would make more profit.