Never do good faith hand shake deals.

So don't expect the people to be on your side when the city shakes you down.

No doubt midwesterners are shaking their collective head).

.-  The electrical doesn't have a grounding a wire so to rewire the house $10,000-  New roof $10,000 (assuming it's on cedar shakes)- The foundation issues are caused by large trees growing right beside/under the house so we'll need to remove them-  As far as interior it's basically a gut job, but I think we could salvage the kitchen cabinets ($55,000).- It's a foreclosure and the market is crazy so it'll likely sell between $65,000-$69,000.00 Thoughts? 

I'm looking for a contractor to replace original cedar shake siding (I think that's what it's called) in a 2-story bay window area.

It might be something to consider when you shake the final price out to the seller. 

Network, shake hands, and meet people in the industry.

I'll definitely be following to see how things shake out for you!

I only thing of that because my family owns some big commercial properties near Cannon down in NM and a few years ago with the AF (or government, can't remember who) was cutting a lot of the bases, Cannon was on the chopping block and we were all shaking in our boots because it's the only thing in Clovis or anywhere near it as far as industry.

I would like to shake hands and pick brains maybe bounce deals off my veteran investors around my area.