I do understand the term "AS-IS" but HUD represented that they were selling a house, not a lot with a tear down structure.

We maintained a yard service to keep the yard up and only lived in the house about 1 week a month putting very little wear and tear on the place.

I am trying to follow your post but it is a little confusing for me.There is land where two old house were torn down.Did you own this land as the current owner tearing down the buildings OR you are buying this under contract??

It is a long process lol...it is definitely taking a lot longer to bring it up than it did to tear it down!

It may be a better idea to purchase the property and tear down the house and sell the land.Have you figured out how much the repairs will cost you?

Therefore, once I build a relationship that *is* mutually beneficial, I prefer to nurture it as opposed to tear it apart to get what I want in the short-term.

You will need education, licensing and mentoring by a licensed professional.If you would like to concentrate on hobbies, family or mowing the lawn and like being a handyman on the side, then property management may be the way to go.If too much time on your hands will boar you to tears but you want the independence of being "self-employed" then maybe it would be a good idea to look into doing real estate sales.It really depends on what you want out of your career change.

If you see anything as rough and mind tearing as looking at gas prices going up, let me know.

For some of the worst tenants, you sometimes find yourself considering steel plate & cement construction to prevent them from tearing up the place.

Shortly after she received a call from her father and the first thing he said was "Lynette, it's your Daddy" my mom broke out in tears.