Talk to your dentist, doctor, business people.

you take over their mortgage on an informal basis.control the building with a skinny contract offer subject to a private or public treatise (public auction), assign your contract for a profit before you have to go to settlementseller refinances, keeps the cash and you joint venture with seller to share the profits after you do your thing to the building (win-win for all)package your deal and present it to relative (with money), your dentist, funeral director, doctor or local bookie - get your private financing - heck with conventional lenders - most are predators anyhowoffer a "hybrid" contract - that is where you offer one price but give seller a percentage of your net profit when building is sold.ask for owner financing that is secured by other properties you own - this way you have anpotential free and clear property that you can pull cash from - and keepoffer the seller what they may want, a car, truck or other material items that are easy to finance (same as owner financing, but easier)Can you think of other ways to accomplish a profitable situation when buying - we'd love to hear themGood luck ---- Charles (he loves votes)

It has a dentist office next door.

Like everyone said why don't you just go to a cosmetic dentist and fix your teeth?

Your doctor, the dentist, the nice old lady who has funds sitting around begging to be used, or even the auto mechanic who does work on on your car?

It's why my dentist has an acctng system on his Win95 computer still :)

Finally, the patio cement slab (about 500sq ft) has to go.

If you have foundation cracks leaking water visibly that can be addressed with things like hydraulic cement, but concrete is porous and you still won't be keeping all water out.

Note that Colton Cook stated how it should be done - the first step being laying a self-leveling cement.

I bought one with a cement side yard 35ft by 60ft.