@Ned Carey Do you know if the county office would provide the deadline date or is that privileged info?

Oh- Also, I tried putting off the closing date for this property until July, however, since it is a short sale at the end of its life, the bank states it will go into foreclosure if we don't close before the end of June.

I am very interested in getting started on this wonderful journey and look forward to networking with fellow BP member. 

A great local agent and fellow investor who also helped me a lot is  @Paul Leason.There were also a handful of other Grand Rapids investors from BP who were extremely helpful with tips and advice.

I walked the outside of the outdated property and snapped some pics, rolled some numbers in my head around:Mid-range ARV around 400knew doors and windows throughout, 15k including entries for good stuff (I know that's high, better to err on the side of caution)fresh paint in/out at $5 per sf for good stuff, call it 9kflooring throughout, 6.2k at $3.50 a sf2 bathrooms, 15k kitchen 20k including appliancesso about 55-60, plus some extra for unforseen and pool, so 65-70k, leaving me an offer of 200-230ishI'm sitting in this driveway for a solid 45 minutes taking notes, running numbers, pulling title info & last sale price/date (Chicago Title mobile app), etc.  

So Jake (or anyone else) if it takes around 30 days to close is the 2 years PURCHASE DATE to title CLOSING date?

I've been happy with both of the equity platforms I've invested w/to date and they are each set up differently. 

It's kinda like dating...at some point you have to try to kiss the girl...you can never be 100% sure what her reaction will be but you can be 100% sure that if you never try you will remain frustrated. 

We were able to push back the closing date and just pushed my final walk-through to make sure the house didn't get damaged and if the seller caused damage then they would pay for damages or I would have the right to back out of the deal.

So, today, my wife gets a call from an ex boyfriend that she dated before we met.   10 years ago or more.