At that point, any concerns with the property will apply.

I understand the concerns, and know that It is due to all of the "cash back" programs and appraisal fraud of the past.

And as far as I'm concerned, there's not much room for me to get a modest bird dog fee or even offer my rehabber buddies a reasonable deal.

Rural areas are deal-killers, as far as I'm concerned.

This was discussed here a while back, and there was no consensus.As far as I'm concerned, its not 5%.

Basically all I want to be able to do is have a business name at the lowest cost possible, liability protection is not really a concern to me right now

My only concern is whether it will be a good investment, or whether I could take my dollars a longer way, where I know best.

Quick update for all you investors and property managers- New York city has recently revised and updated its guidelines concerning fungi (mold) in the indoor environment.If your state does not have specific guidelines concerning mold remediation/cleanup, they probably defer to the NYC guidelines.

well due to the whole financial crisis and government takeover of one of our biggest mortgage lenders all the mortgage companies made their lending policies extremely strict and realistically now a buyer needs to have around 20-30% deposit for most lenders. they also generally will not lend more than 2.5 times the amount you earn in a year. then the introduction of hips (home information packs) august 2007 caused a huge flood of houses being put on the market because people wanted to avoid the cost of the hips this meant that values of houses dropped drastically and a hell of a lot of people went into negative equity and in 1 month in particular house prices went down by 9%...in a MONTH!!

This is my concern and although it does not affect me personally, it does in a way because it potentially negatively affects innocent individuals, religious organizations and non-profits.Here is a link to back up what I have stated:http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?