While I live in South Florida, I am willing to look at opportunities throughout the US.If you are reading this, I hope you have an outstanding day!

There are no other outstanding liens. 

I will keep it in mind if this moves forward.Out of curiosity, do you lend nationwide?

Chicago burbs -Have a property in great condition , great location :seller Asking : 250K ; home in default , preforeclosure , outstanding Loan: 178 K , house worth about 260K Motivatedis there any way to make a deal ?

A Heloc payment is usually 1.5% of outstanding balance due monthly I'm not sure how much exchanging one revolving debt for another with similar debt service is really going to help DTI. is this what a lender directly told you or is this what you are assuming?

USBank did NOT cover outstanding utility, municipal things like sewer and trash or the HOA fees. 

This is outstanding advice- as one who has been involved in only a handful of deals, this is very comforting and motivating. 

What's going on nationwide, what impact does it have on the local economy.

. - Make sure descriptions visualize the property and not just describe the elements. 2) LOVE having adventure properties - I have 2 cabins that are a 4x4 adventure to get to but VIEWS are outstanding.

go to nationwide there cheap and did not pull my credit. most of the time a low score means debt maybe you want to raise it up to a 580 an you will be able to get a fha loan with 3.5% down payment