To get the best price though, it may require some muscle and time.

I personally would've held out for more, either from these buyers or different ones, the house had only been on the market about 60 days and we had quite a few showings, but my brother, who is my silent partner and more of the money end of the partnership, was aching to get this one off the balance sheet, so we accepted the $750k.

Fortunately, I stumbled on the site before I placed my first tenants, and I'm sure the lessons shared here saved me from tons of 'wallet-ache'.

Less head aches, great chance for appreciation.

Also, I had a Ch. 7 bankruptcy discharged not quite 2 years ago (nightmare deal wiped me out then), but credit is spotless since then.I would need at least some of the rehab money up front.

I can tell you from experience, asking a bureaucrat if something is allowed will only lead to heart ache and large empty pockets.

Is there such a service? i have looked. I bet it would be a popular service

It sounds like you are heading in the right direction and there are some good arguments for both of your options above.Of course I am a little biased for the Indianapolis market and see lots of out of State buyers here do very well [and a few that loose everything due to a bad or no team on the ground].If you do look out of State, I would suggest sticking with SFH for starters [they are much less of a head ache to manage and very easy to sell later].

As I have no problem pulling a permit for a client but most don't want the head ache .

Good move :mrgreen: Let some one else deal with the head aches