(10-08-2020, 03:42 PM)Sijray21 Wrote: I would not rely on anyone else and their prep. They're getting ready to unload a house and I would assume will do the bare legal minimum to sell the house and not be sued later on.
Instead I would just control your situation more and be prepared to walk on anything you deem unfit for purchase. Having a rental place lined up that is acceptable in the short term and paying to cancel that lease if you end up buying I feel is a lot less risky than hoping the future seller will work with you. Perhaps that's just my general distrust of people coming out though.
Yeah I'm absolutely going to steal that idea in the future if I'm ever in a similar situation. At least have some form of contingency setup first and foremost if I'm ever under a deadline to sell by a certain date. Hopefully this is the last house I buy for quite some time though. Even if BoA doesn't work out longterm, plenty of opportunities in the immediate area + remote work is really catching on.
That is a good point on the DIY aspect. Sure it sucks on some level but I do enjoy knowing that stuff is done right. Lately the only way to get that feeling is to do it yourself a lot of times. The roofers here charged me an extra $300 to stain the boards they were putting up. Looks like the helpers didn't mix the stain the first few boards so they're pitch black. They were doing most the work and look like they were fresh out of high school. I'm sure I was paying him $200/hr to watch them work for maybe $20/hr.