If they price the loan based on the assumption of a 3% discount, and now circumstances change, the discount rate charged is for the loan 5%, from another loan buyer, either they eat the extra costs, not do the loan, or reprice it.For instance, once I wasn't sure if I was going to live in a rental I was buying, asked the bank whether it's going to be a OO loan or a NOO loan.

Unless you are doing an executive short term rental or have extra furniture laying around, I would rent it unfurnished. 

The tenants will pay the higher cost because it’s too much of a haste for them to move their stuff out and easier to just keep it there and pay the extra rent amount.  

The replacement cost here is about $150/sf for 1600 sf R2 (800sf x2) is $240K, land is extra.  

Prices kept risingNow I am playing in Detroit, building costs in the last 12 months has increased by 10% a good signCurious do other investors look at this Makes perfect sense to me, Marisa unless builders are getting increasingly pulled to the suburbs and build prices are rising simply to entice them to Detroit proper (not sure that's necessarily a bad thing though either).Curious where you're getting this data.

Combine that with the 10-20% off coupons with free shipping and it's a great deal.Otherwise, if you don't need brand new appliances and have some extra time, San Francisco Craigslist always has cheap appliances.

., thanks for the data points.

Extra revenue for them and the profit motive takes away their The simple answer here is that they get paid nothing for your real estate investments, so they will work to undermine any real estate effort.

Well, let's fall back to the historical data.

For those of you doing direct mail, SMS texting , Cold Calling or RVM - wondering if anyone has head of a data provider or list provider who can provide a SPECIAL list or data info on municipal water departments water turn offs / or where one or some of the following might have happen: 1) Water Meter was locked (Not Public Record info)2) Water Utility Department is owed funds and thus a lien might have been placed against the property (now Public Record info) This could be fertile ground and an indication of a more serious problem associated with a property. ~ Michael Morrongiello