Also, get loss of rent coverage, its just a few bucks more per month and allows you to get reimbursed for the months that you can't rent your unit when something happens to the property. when it comes to handymen, the more you use them the more you will realize which ones are good and which ones aren't. if you have come to know they do good work, it doesn't matter to me whether they are licensed or not....they know what code is just as the licensed people do. that's just me though. if you're looking to flip a house, i'd probably use licensed because there will be an inspection and you don't want to go in again and re-do a bunch of work, plus you can provide proof in case they ask for it.good luck.

Like I said if dual agency wasn't selected then you are merely a customer and he owes no fiduciary duty to you as a buyer.If this is a big time REO broker I wouldn't push him or her.If you put up a bunch of earnest money the bank can simply cancel the contract and take the earnest money if you refuse to pay the fee.Then the broker simply sells it to another buyer on their list.They might already have back up offers ready to take.If you only put down 500 bucks or something then they might want to work with you.If you have been through this before then you know the broker has no problem having with you reviewing the sample contract in advance.I am not trying to not be sympathetic but from what you have posted it appears the buck stops at you.No legal advice.

I like trees around the house if they are placed at least one half their mature height away from the house and have minimal canopy overhanging the roof - for a rental.

I bet you will learn this is a wonderful deal a "wholesaler" is trying to make a buck on.Don

Welcome Edward, To anwser your question about bandit signs, make your own signs get the materail from Staples, Office Depot, or Walmart cost a few bucks per sign Saves time and money.

Either way, the renters I know in my own life only rent Class C, maybe B, untill they either get back on their feet or mature enough for a down payment.

If I happen to make a buck then that would be icing on the cake.So I went and looked at the comps again.

Virtual TourIf anyone else is wondering he only charges 300-500 bucks for this service.

The 2.0% rule here is 0.3-0.4% if you're lucky and it doesn't get better outside the city, and forget about cash flow, the goal of most condo/sfu landlords is to only loss a few hundred bucks a month while the properties appreciate (think San Francisco on steroids, avg house price here, $1.36M).I'm looking south for greener pastures (er, doors), anyone have experience as a cross border (Canadian/US) landlord?  

The hard part is finding a house that needs rehabbing that you can purchase cheap enough to make a buck.