I realize 2017 >>>>> 2012, but the comps issue can be a deal-breaker.

:shock: That`s what the neighbor of a property I bought in upstate SC mentioned to me, after calling me back to confirm the breakers were off(power getting turned on today).

They say that its just the breakers, they will go out but unless an issue is found it is at our cost.

No electricity breakers, no water pipes and no gas.3.

I want an out, if a title search turns up something that could be  deal breaker.

That's often a deal breaker and the better deal is to be had at tax sale.In answer to your question, anyone can pony up the money and remove the property from the tax sale list.  

Please don’t be fooled…YOU ARE CORRECT…There are too many people WAY…overspending on “ investment” properties….therefore… with mortgage debt too high… there …IS … no cash flow..To be perfectly honest and a little mean…… I am tracking the manes of the mentors and gurus in my town that aren’t raising hell about over spending…When / if the next crash happens, they will be all over the REIA circuit selling foreclosure and short sale courses…And I will be there too… asking open ended questions that lead to no other answer that… THE REIAs and the GURUS were a part of the reason that so many young naive investors went BK.and… yes… if the crash happens… I am locked and loaded.experience in Short Sales.. ( worked …IN… Bank of America’s short sale department… so I KNOW the process from their side of the transaction)killer cashKiller creditkiller Instinct

The inspection should expose any deal breakers.

We have law-abiding citizens competing against law-breakers and that is not "free market" practice.

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