I like a nice fat border of mulch or rock, with drought-resistant plants.

Go to open houses or send them notes that you could take the vacancy headache out of their hands.Do you have everything lined up to pounce fat when you hear about something?  

Fat number.I have seen people drive 10 miles to get 20 cents off a gallon of gas but get home to a huge For Sale sign on their yard for which they are paying 6% commission (or 20% of their equity to a Realtor).BP members are here to make money and if that means making a little effort to sell a property on their own ... just list it with a Flat Fee MLS listing company ... 

McCain probably shouldn't have called him a fat baby.  

If it's fat and busting buttons, I have a big smile :DI keep it relatively simple.

I'm looking forward to how much fun it will be to see the fruits of my labor: i.e. newly renovated homes for great people to buy and enjoy, and fat checks with my (or my company's) name on them lol!

That is definitely a factor for looking at this one.However, I'm just not certain there is enough 'fat on the bone' from this property to justify a $100,000 investment.

hi kenneth. no, these are not specific to ny. these are guidelines that i followed to get the info i needed. granted, in other states, the " release of lien" or " release of mortgage" may be called something different, but the procedure is still the same. a few years ago, the feds put a limit on the number of foreclosures that a bank could put back on the market. that prompted the banks to put just those better, or more valuable houses up for sale and sit on the less than desireable ones. eventually, the banks come to the conclusion that these " junk houses" not only made their books look bad, but they were never going to get what they needed for them anyway. and, foreclosing costs even more money. so they release the lien. it gets it off their books, and takes away the liability for the house from the bank. yes, it puts it back into the owners lap free and clear, but the bank has to cut the fat somehow. so, they have to file something to release the lein, with the register of deeds or who ever it is done with in their jurisdiction. this is what you want to look for. 

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Cell phone, everything you possibly can.3) Save $1000 as your "baby emergency fund".