This opens the door to endless possibilities depending on how creative you want to get with your financing. 

The reviews are endless of "they were no help, had to repeatedly call subs back to rework their work to acceptable quality."

Tiara,Most of this site talks about single family properties and the strategies to buy them and in that world, "little or no money down" is still live and kicking because there is an endless supply of distressed owners and unsophisticated home owners. 

The process is a maze designed to maximize the sale price.

I am doing research and there seems to be a endless amount of information and I'm not exactly sure where to start.Just some background.

I have read many discussions of no money down transactions, I understand the pitfalls, the non sense the gurus try to sell, and I also understand that there are endless ways to try to go about achieving "$0 down" financing.

Of course you could also work with a note broker to extend the note, sell it, get the owners/heirs paid and maintain your financing.If when the balloon comes due they still want monthly payments you can renegotiate for more favorable terms on the note, interest rate, amortization period, cross collateralization, the possibilities are endless.

It's always an endless set of surprises.

Tom Robison The information and experience in those podcasts are nearly endless-I love it!

So would: re-carpeting, Interior paint, set of new appliances, set of new windows, I mean, the list is endless.