Memphis just implemented taxes on them and I know that Nashville is putting in other neighborhood restrictions.Best of luck!  

What other cheap or free marketing strategies do you guys implement?

Not to mention it's hard to focus on "Plan A" when you really want to be implementing "Plan B". 3.)

Second, VA appraisal guidelines are some of the most stringent out there, your property can be outdated at best, but most levels of disrepair, sometimes regardless of however mild, will need to be corrected before VA will approve the loan.

FHA is going to come with a longer time to close and more stringent inspections and appraisals.

I also implemented a bold accent color that we apply to one wall, or a fireplace.

As much as I want to implement the brrrr strategy out here, the price tag on homes out here are too expensive and out of my reach.

I have used xactimate estimates to do a repair on commercial space, they can be good money, but when i told my client that this this and this needs to be done before the line item on the xactimate can be implemented, they started to panic.

These are private sector actors with no gov't subsidy lending money on terms that often match or beat gov't subsidized terms, so they make up for it by being more stringent/conservative in their underwriting criteria, or they offer rates/terms that are worse for the borrower than the Fannie/Freddie rates/terms. 

Wells Fargo offers 1st + rehab loans but they have stringent rules with regard to contractors you hire (Which makes it quite expensive) and the whole process is lengthy and tedious.