Make sure you check out your contractor thoroughly, a bad parging job will not survive it's first winter.

Fortunately, my friend survived but got hit with a $70k hospital bill that he couldn't pay. 

My husband's aunt is in her 80s, and is the last surviving heir to her father's property (a little over 3 acres). 

You could have five different taxes or so in Harris county....county, cit, school, hospital, and maybe community college or others.Always close at a title company so they will help you collect and pay off the taxes and any other liens.This is a perfect opportunity for you. 

When the tenant passed away, we gave the surviving tenant $100 off, as she had to pay for the deceased funeral and whatnot.   

I am in Harris County Texas, more specifically the city of Katy,TX a Houston suburb.

@Dean Harris thanks for the response, I will definitely be asking tons of questions in the next few months as I look forward to acquiring my first!

Do second mortgages and HOA lien survive ?

@Skyler Harris nothing is a bid deal as long as you have the money to spend on it! 

So the new Harris County rules say that any rehab project in the 100 year flood plain needs to elevate the house unless the rehab budget is less than 50,% of the building/improvement value of the home.