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I've never personally installed the product, but the applications that I have seen were pretty nice, and appeared pretty durable.

I remember one property on MLS that appeared to have operating costs in the low 30 percent.

If the house appears to have issues and can't be lived in the way it is, traditional lenders won't touch it, but some alternative lenders still might.

This will generally be easy, but from your description you might have a setback, zoning appearance, or storm drainage problem also.

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The house is a 2 bedroom, 2 bath but there is a room that looks to have been converted into a small living area from what appears to have been a bedroom previously that I am going to turn back into a 3rd bedroom.

Hey Patrick,As far as bank owned properties that appear on MLS the only way to "contact someone" would be through the listing agent.

It's fair to assume that every number in a proforma from a seller and her agent is groomed, even if they appear to be providing numbers down to the penny.I recently made an offer on a mobile home park that was listed with a CAP rate of 7.5, an huge number that causes a stampede in California.

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