Hi Everyone! My name is Brenda, I am currently living in the beautiful community in Maine. I am a Graduate of Interior Design, and started Developing Residential Property when the Decorating field washed up. I have...

Here is Brenda's intro threadhttp://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/55/topics/70685-designer-turned-developer-turning-real-estate-professional-in-maine

Made new contacts with several local financial professionals.7.

I buy UI POSs (last time, literally), so it will be interesting to see how 11SP3144 plays out on 2012-02-16 (AV: 117,191, loan: 100,000 on 3/07, opening bid: 42,114.00)... and 10SP6918 (impaired) and 10SP5243 (10,800 open on 99,400 note 91,657 assessed).When the deep rehabs are getting interest, we're well beyond the inflection point for my local market.

She is not refusing to deal with us- she is polite and very professional and careful not to burn bridges.

Trust no one's assessment of value, other than your own or that of a paid appraiser.

I have found infestations by observing only a quarter inch mud tube (all that was visible at that house).Now my advice: Make any purchase contingent on a wood destroying insect inspection and hire a professional and accompany him/her during the inspection.

As long as you have some sort of personal or professional connection to the lender (i.e. you didn't solicit them through advertising), and it's just a straight 1st mortgage, then you don't need any credentials or regulatory filings.

This is key to assessing where your market is heading.

Dont include a washer and dryer but require a professional installation of tenants machines.3.