I bought one of the houses they advertised as zero down and was a special case for Alabama (if I remember correctly).  

So you can't just get a pre-approval for all properties like in residential real estate, but a pre-approval for the exact property you are going to make an offer on (Is that correct)?

I believe it is because he wanted a quick answer from the community, you can't say that going to the CPA is easier than writing a thread in here Sure, but quick and correct are two different things.

So your friend is correct in that you can get a new HELOC to pay off the old one, but that doesn't mean the balance just magically disappears.

I understand the risk of buying a house you haven't seenI understand the risk of buying at an auction you assume all tax liabilities, correct?

Fall on your sword with the municipality and tell them you were taken advantage of and want to move forward correctly now.

Is that correct?

@Karolina Powell, if you are going to make investment decisions based on someone saying a small market property is worth a 6-8 cap rate, do I have some things you will want to see...Everyone should have a general rule of thumb, and Austin may be correct, or he may be way off.Mixed use can be hard to value in any area unless there are other trades.  

Bill is correct, John: GA did change some habitability- and eviction-related laws, effective 20 days ago - of which I was not aware until just now.

I cannot go with FHA because it's MFH, correct?