Absentee Owner who Doesn't Know if He Should Sell

[Phillip Joo]

Hello all,

I havent been on here for a while due to the overhaul of work college has so gratefully planted on me, but I think its time to start focusing on what makes me happy again. So it has been One full quarter since I started college, and am very open to time, however I have not had the chance to send out yellow cards or driving around and network. During my winter break, I drove around my university looking for absentee homes with work that needs to be done. I finally found the perfect opportunity, a 3 bedroom 2 bath house and is in a mediocrely safe neighborhood. I have talked to most if not all of the residences in that neighborhood asking about the house, and they knew nothing about it. After leaving a handwritten letter, I later got a call saying if we could meet. It was the neighbors who had called me. We were talking and he said that he would think the owner would sell. He didnt want to give me the phone number, I understood and went on my way. Later in that week, I got the call saying that he didnt want to sell. The house belonged to the current owners mother who had passed away, god bless her, and they are still paying around 1600 a month just for the upkeep. I would have loved to take the home from their hands to save them alot of money and as it would be a place for me to live next year. This benefits the both of us. I have some ideas on what to do and say, but I think the words of others would help too!

Thank you!