This would most likely cost more, but you will have saved the hardwood for another day.Whichever way you go, hope you figure a way to preserve the hardwood.

While the purchase price is a discount from the real property value, the discount is present to allow for advances to be made on the loan to protect mortgagee interest such as paying property taxes, property preservation, foreclosure legal fees and other similar fairly normal events in a NPN.

He doesn't want to buy them, he wants to clean them up.There is a ton of completion in this field. 75% of banks hire their own national property preservation company.

Preserve your cash for reserves and buy in an area that hits your cash flow mark without having to live there.The other areas sound like you want to live there because they are nice but prices are too high.You need to look for a local bank that has a duplex to quad to sell in the area you want or check Fannie Mae and Freddie Macs site for properties.

David, yes the houses with the stickers are in foreclosure, and that is the bank preservation/maintenance co.

the remains must be preserved.

Preserving credit is important for future investments!

You can measure from the inside and outside the house as necessary.Here are the things I would consider (some of this is repeated from above - all good suggestions).I'm sure you have thought through this, but make sure you are not in an historical preservation district.

For people like I (Property Preservation) we feel that Craigslist is full of hacks.

Because that is what the CFPB is expecting to see, and much of it actually makes sense in preserving customer relations and to help avoid lawsuits from borrowers.