I took your advice gof_of_money and got Richard to find me a loan, he's saved me a lot of money and has been very helpful.I've got approval now but unfortunately the bank won't let me see the valuation, so I've got the RPdata $49 estimation which tells me it's worth 225k +/- 6%.  I'm going to pay 227k so I'm at least in the ball park.Previous sa…[Read more]

Thanks guys.  I made the deposit yesterday afternoon of 0.25% (slightly over 500$ as the purchase price is 227k).  There's an 8 day cooling off period before I have to drop another 10k deposit.   To prevent a massive case of buyers remorse I'll have to get the bank's valuation within those 8 days, or get my own done.  I think for peace of mind I m…[Read more]