Quote from @Renee Adams: Hey BP crew,Curious to hear your thoughts — especially from builders, small developers, or homeowners who’ve actually done this.In my market (Atlanta), I’m seeing more owners — and some builders too — testing the waters by listing before they feel 100% “ready.”

There are two red flags here: poor credit, late payments, oh, make that three flags--no employment.Most of the applicants who state they will pay for a year up-front, well, they just don't pass the sniff test. 

We have Ecobee but I haven't tested the range lock yet as apart from 2 guests, nothing unreasonable and we were able to resolve amicably by reaching out to those 2 different guest groups and explaining/educating why their choices resulted in turning off the furnace (in winter with single and sub-zero temps).

I have had some sporadic work in real estate in the past - I helped to flip two houses with my brother abut 20 years ago, I worked in an appraisal office for six months, and my father has been a broker for several years - but this time will be my first in charge.I am also in the process of getting my real estate license, and expect to finish my coursework and take the test sometime in September or October.

This is a time tested strategy, but it works a lot better with lower interest rates.

ChatGPT is not ready to provide guidance on tax strategies as of 2025, we tested it.

As far as the sell one, buy multiple question.

The craziness of keeping up with multiple personal and business insurance policies is beginning to wear on me and I was wondering if anyone knew of an agent/company that would offer some sort of "umbrella" policy that would cover a group of assets in both TX & OK similar to these; Primary (valued at over 2M) and secondary home (valued at around $500K), personal higher end cars over $100K/exotic & classic, boats, 2 LTR homes all in Texas and 2 LTR homes in Oklahoma?

Once you have a spread sheet set up test out some CRMs for what you need. 

There are tools (some are based on AI) out there that can quickly analyze multiple lenders and provide options — all designed to help borrowers make informed decisions, as they say.