They will do a blower door test and often local utility companies subsidize it so it's not very costly.

That's commonly determined by looking at tax assessor data and calculation a ratio from their numbers and then applying that to your basis to determine the improvement basis.

I do think that you can find numbers on schools in terms of test scores and the like from the state.

Well, as I recall, I went home one day and heard by dad say he passed his agent's test and was going with a broker friend who'd been after him for some time, so I thought all that RE talk was finally over with, little did I know it just began.

Testing?

Determine what information you want, which data fields will need to be created and populated later for your mailings.Here's my challenge for you: will you do this until you get a deal flow or will probate be another shiny object opportunity that is replaced by the next distraction?

R.E. license examination, and I'm just waiting for my appointment to take the test.

I'll try VM options later to test whether there is really a difference, but I'm determined to go with a service at first (IOW, please don't tell me to use GV and send everything to VM ;)I''ve researched a bunch of different services, but actual recommendations from real customers in our business are hard to come by.So, if you've used an answering service to field calls for your business would care to share your experience (good or bad), I'd love to hear it.My plan is to have the AS collect very basic info at first, basically asking for name, contact info and the address of the property so that I can do some research and call them back ASAP.So what's the skinny on answering services?

I know they started to aggregate data from counties to come up with sales comps however I still think your best bet is getting sold comps from the MLS (for single family).

I got my license for MLS data and for flexibility of getting inside of homes without waiting for agents.