Hi, I am an interior designer with experience renovating historic homes and conserving structural integrity with the original bones of a building/home.

The house looked pretty, but its bones already had osteoporosis.

Also, that's the neighborhood where Bone Thugs & Harmony are from.

I might be willing to break bones to get a group like that in a think tank!  

@Rod Coleman If the deal has enough meat on the bones, including paying the back taxes, you should set up an assignable contract that says the buyer, you, will pay the back taxes.  

lol1 - Remember to leave some meat on the bone for the end buyer when trying to market your properties. 2-  Also please don't say all the properties that you find only need 5k in light rehab.3 Be honest with both parties involved.4 - if you have ever rehabbed a house that would be helpful5 - good luck 6 - get in the game. 

To reduce a little bit of my risk of getting bad tenants in the form of non payment, I would require two options:  A.) two month's rent ($700) up front or  B.) one month's rent ($350) with parent co-sign the Renting agreementThis particular apartment complex is highly sort after and the $350 per month rate is the lowest rate over the past 3 years.

If a wholesaler can negotiate the price down to where their 5-10K fee leaves enough meat on the bone for me,  I'll buy it in an instant.Unfortunately the only "wholesale" deals I have been presented so far are FSBO's that they marked up,  or cheap properties they found on the MLS, got under contract, and marked up.Still looking for the right wholesaler to bring me the right deal.  

I'd pay a referral fee if there's enough meat on the bone. 

The not-so-nice properties don't have enough meat on the bones to be worth the extra work.