.- Appliances, same than flooring.Remember that in real estate everything is negotiable, and during the option period you have the unrestricted right to exit the deal.

It's a good idea to spend a couple of hundred dollars to meet with a real estate attorney or foreclosure attorney and go over what you can and what you can't do in the state you want to buy foreclosures in.For clarity, there are stages to foreclosure.

Also depends on if you yourself are a real estate professional.

@Chloe Salcedo investing in real estate is not a full-time job.

I moved to Columbus Ohio to start investing in real estate here! 

Here’s a step-by-step approach:Market Research in Real-TimeGo to Airbnb, enter your available dates, and filter for similar properties in your area.

I am a licensed realtor based in Atlanta, Georgia, and I am currently working on obtaining my mortgage origination license.

I’m a real estate investor and the owner of a fairly large property management firm here in Texas.

Most lenders are licensed in multiple states.

I have a property in Memphis...and frankly no matter how much I've spent on property management (have had three, all promise the sky and deliver next to nothing), I have gotten the run around by the property management team in all three cases, which has deterred me from investing further in Memphis real estate.