An experienced agent would have worked with the seller to do the repairs before they sold, and captured the forced equity in the sale.

This is a sale for me.

What you need to do is figure out what the set backs are that are required, and see what you can do.

Properties with fewer than five units are classified as residential, making the loans ineligible for sale on the secondary market through Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac.

LouisReleasing Federal Land for private sale? 

Each of your sales will need to have overlapping time frames (45 days to identify and 180 to close).

Purchase price: $187,000 Cash invested: $15,000 Sale price: $259,000 I got tired of moving place to place and worrying about finding roommate, security deposits and not having enough money to deal with maintaining someone elses home.

So she would have earned say 5% on her $280k (from a traditional sale after commissions.)  

Quote from @Joshua Alcantara: Quote from @Peter Walther: I've found many properties with title issues wind up with unpaid property taxes so checking on delinquent taxes, tax deed sales and lands available for taxes might help you identify some.Thanks, Peter, for the info!

Studies show good staging does have an impact on your sale.