If you screen sellers properly you can find those that are motivated enough to do this.

That is why you want to buy below Market Value.Market Value is the price an asset will trade (sell) in an open competitive environment.Defined as follows: Market value is the estimated amount for which a property should exchange on the date of valuation between an educated buyer and a reasonably motivated seller in an arms-length transaction after proper marketing wherein the parties had each acted knowledgeably, prudently, and without undue influence.The delineation of "After Repair" or "As Is" technically exists only as jargon amongst REI groups and conversations.

So we took the financing, and then had a little problem: we needed something productive to do with the 20 grand or so that had been intended for the car.

Seems to me that is a productive step.

I take pride in my career as a film editor, but there is no way I’m going to be comfortable with some random guy off the street jumping in the game with a camera and a computer taking a $199 seminar on video production thinking he can jump in at my level with my years of experience and hard work.

Hopefully I can spread out into a proper office in the near future ;-)@Jon - The county is in the highest concentration of Marcellus Shale in PA.

I have not used a bump key myself (they are illegal in some states without the proper locksmithing permits/licenses).

I travel a lot, so I would like something where I could use as a getaway but be productive at the same time.

That is the proper way to do it, but I don't go that far.

IF it is asked for properly I guarantee you they will be either fixed OR credited to you.