Two identical buildings on one piece of land.

Based on your location in your profile, ANYTHING in the bed/bath range that you provided is a steal at 177k (from what I understand of the markets up there, that is).

So I am doing a flip in Laurelton, Queens and had issues from a general contractor doing shoddy work, and a plumber disappearing with uncompleted work and stealing from us (plumbing materials put on our account, not called for at this house, as well as a missing boiler from the house).

there is nothing left to steal. everything was already stolen.oh and i forgot to mention one thing when i was telling poeple what happened when i talked to the dept of real estate. one of the first things the manager asked me about is what contracts i sign. i told him i sign purchase agreements. they say that i'm agreeing to purchase the property and someone is willing to sell me the property, then i assign my rights as teh buyer to someone else for a fee. 

Finding 10 CAP's is trickier to do in good areas, but if you get to know an area really well, you can find some steals that could produce 15 CAP's. 

It completely changes how the underwriting of the loan is done which is why it's the most critical question to ask.As an example, if you go to Bank of America or you go to Chase Bank (they both sell loans to Fannie/Freddie) then the underwriting standards will be extremely similar (call it identical for most intents and purposes).

Present an opportunity to save both of us money- US Bank doesn’t need to foreclose and I get to build a cabin.Should I wait until foreclosure and try to steal it there?

I've heard NV, UT, WY are states the have more personal identity protection, however you will still have to pay CA taxes etc.

Being an IT guy i'm super leery about giving away my social to someone I can't verify... that's a quick way to identity theft.

She may not be "stealing" just has become too friendly and cannot say no.