Just to echo what @Russell Brazil posted, most people would be surprised (well, maybe they wouldn't, who knows) at the barrage of posts coming through every day solely for the purpose of selling you something or redirecting you somewhere to sell you something.

Except it turned out to be a life-sized, cardboard cut-out of Luke Skywalker or something.I used to have a cut-out of Nacho Libre in my family room and it would surprise us sometimes.

Obviously, this may not be the case, but I would not be surprised if this is the reality of your situation. 

We were expecting it, but it surprised us once we saw the actual numbers.

It happened to us, but the add-on projects we did turned out surprisingly well.

I feel this is fairly accurate and I am not likely to have any surprises (keeping my fingers crossed!).

It's somewhat surprising as prices for Mass overall continue on their tear as "last month the median single-family sale price increased 5.8 percent to $402,000, up from $380,000 a year earlier.

The biggest con to buying properties this way is that you usually do not get to go into the property before you buy so you could have some nasty surprises when you do get in so your rehab budget has to have a lot of wiggle room. 

But, things change and life surprises us.Ask the seller if they will do Seller Financing or a Land Contract or a Wrap (and have a title report and have an attorney put the paperwork together for you.)

You'd be surprised at how much people have to put down on a house that is in the right area.