Looking for a Real Estate Investor in my area

[Richard Gaston]

Ok, I finally (after busting my arse for the past couple of years) got my Credit Score high enough to qualify for a FHA mortgage BUT I need to keep my Debt/Income ratio down so I can afford the monthly payments. In order to do that I really need to purchase a house low enough in the Lakewood, WA area which will be hard seeing what the asking prices are here. So I figured the best way for me to do that is find a fixer upper that I can do sweat equity on the property, in other words I need a fixer upper that will be less then $75,000 and it needs to be 201k qualified in order to fix it which means FHA will have to do an inspection on the property to see it is in livable condition (yes I need to live in it as well). My bank is going to set me up with a Real Estate Agent, but nothing against RE Agents, they are super people, but unless they are here or an investor themselves most RE Agents won't even consider looking at a fixer upper to sell. So I am looking for an Investor who is very familiar with the Lakewood, WA area and/or know where I can find some HUD homes in this area (already looked at the HUD Store and there is nothing there, which don't mean there ain't any, just not there). I am a little picky about the area where we need to live in, just not to picky. I can explain better in detail in a PM if any investors or RE Agents here can get back to me. Don't expect it to be right away, I do have another job working graveyards and I sleep in the Day time (Vampire hours, ugh) but I will get back asap.

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