However, this will trigger the due on sale clause.  

First negotiate, selling price WILL be adjusted to account for getting code compliance on everything.Then you get the contractors bids for the workProceed only on the buyer's concurrence.

I am also tentative to pull the trigger because a lot of people are saying that now isn't a very good time to buy.

@Nycole Burts, make sure you are doing this in compliance with state laws.

Looking at what you guys have done to this really disappoints me that I haven't pulled the trigger on my first deal.

Do you have an attorney to consult before you pull the trigger?

But we finally found one that matched up: realtor saw post renovation market and a ballpark rehab cost, and contractor looked and gave me ballpark rehab cost, my numbers worked and I pulled the trigger.

If you're serious about that deal let me know, I have been looking at similar deals for a few months and about to pull the trigger on one.

A lot of users here being people who have never, and never will pull the trigger on anything, so they aren't actually ever taken by or encountering any scams and therefore don't have much to add on the topic.2.)

You're just holding it against the tiles to be broken out and pull the trigger.