If a sale is scheduled at 2:00 pm, you can stop it at 1:59, but take a witness with you and certified funds.

$100/m going toward balance- can do only cosmetic work during lease period.I need some advice on a counter proposal and also some terms I should include to better protect me from being accused of 'violating the lease' and taking my deposit.

Greetings BiggerPockets' Members,I feel like I'm at my wits end trying to wholesale a property I have under contract.

I can wait for another candidate and the price would be better but I am tired of the nit wits,I think she would be a good candidate if interested, and moneywise if we she will mow I think I am about the same.

Anyway, I've personally witnessed several attempted sales fall through as soon as the huge flood insurance quotes came in.

I need some advice on a counter proposal and also some terms I should include to allow for the appropriate fix-up, protect me from improving the house and then being accused of 'violating the lease' and retaking an improved property and keeping my deposit.

From what I have witnessed a lot of the buy and hold investments going on in SoCal were plays made years and years ago, bought during the recent market depression, or are what I call a loss hold investment.

DocumentID=366780New mortgage regulations resulting from the Dodd-Frank Act will harm homeownership, reduce credit, and prevent credit-worthy borrowers from obtaining an affordable mortgage, witnesses from Habitat for Humanity, community banks and credit unions told a House Financial Services subcommittee today.

The exception may be if you personally witnessed an abusive event ... and then it would probably have to be physical abuse before most authorities would take any action (policy forces and the judicial system are just starting to understand other forms of abuse {emotional, financial, etc} ).

Disclaimer: Nothing in the above constitutes an accusation or wilful disparagement...Just questions based on my observations & personal opinions.All feedback welcomed.