At our second house, after we left Schultz was trying to charge us because we acted to  shut off the water so that their leaking pipes and leaking washer hookup didn’t flood the house.

We installed an interior French drain system in the basement, because we knew that the neighborhood is prone to water intrusion.

The rain refresh has the new technology feature where water and dirt sort of just fall off of it, making it self cleaning for the most part. 

With it being a HUD home, I'm told they won't turn the water on till an offer has been accepted?

No water bill, taxes would drop 75%, and no more mortgage.

In the process of BUYING a PURE Option to buy a SFH subject to an existing loan (at a lower fixed long term interest rate)Let say the OPTION "Strike price" to BUY the property IF or WHEN the OPTION is EXERCISED is $300K The seller wants $60K to sell us the OPTION. 

Hey @Jay Ritchie - From our experience here in Chicago, we typically see new water/sewer lines range in cost from $16-24k depending on the depth of the trench, distance from the street to house, and just different contractors.What area of the city are you in?

I'm also wondering if anybody knows the costs and rules for bringing in water and power to a piece of land in these areas, I know it's different for each property but is there any possible way to get estimates on bringing in water and power to a piece of land I want to purchase before actually buying the property so I can create a general budget for buikding a home.

Clean roof of debris, including broom cleaning areas where dirt and dust accumulates from ponding waters.3.

In that asset class you are depending on things to save you that are trending against it.That said if the 30k completes a partial done rehab it might make sense but if it's a purely cosmetic one I would sell it now close to as is.