I bought my own homes a couple times and helped many friends, so not an expert, but here are my thoughts:1- Bad move on removing the contingencies before the termite damage came through.2- Redfin has a pricing tool to help estimate the cost of the home, she should have used it3- RE agents are not good in general at negotiating down the price.

This is more of a trial run to see if reifax can be a viable tool.

Requires creativity, political will and ability, and perseverance.

You can find all the tools you need to learn how to analyze your deals on BP.

storeId=10001&catalogId=10001&langId=-1Box in the top left corner gives you a place to enter address, if you enter the city you want to see, it will give you the overview then you just pick a panel or use the selector tool to draw an area that you want to look at.In short, it's a bit of work, but info is straight from the horse's mouth.Dan

Find damages and instantly search for solution, handyman, tools & etc.As a calculator based on images making stimates and comparing with other properties with the same structure and all that stuffWhat about you?

Definitely spend some time looking around this website and many of the related blogs for ways to improve your investing strategies.If I had to start all over again, I would purchase a small MF building as you describe.Sometimes it's difficult to find MF buildings using any of the standard search tools (MLS, Zillow, etc).

This site is full of info and is a great tool for investors.

It also includes a page to allow them to schedule a showing (it uses a free tool called Appointy); although only a handful of folks have used this, it's still another avenue for people to make contact.I'm of the opinion that you should make it easier for prospects to reach you rather than harder... 

He does have the power to make you tear everything done and redo the whole project, but if you just let him do his job and politely ask questions, they tend to be very nice individuals with lots of experience and tips.