I had a similar situation with a realtor, we ended up going back and forth actively for about 3 hours over the span of a day in order to write up an offer that was about 30% lower than list price.

Have an escape clause in the contract so you are not tied into their one year span.

And the 37-year career span of Lt Harris running it was suddenly ended when he had a stroke 10 days ago.

Look at items that condo association does not cover and review age and useful life span of those items.

Would I accept a lower ROI and/or profit on an investment that only takes me a week of cleaning and painting and then wholesaling vs. a $30k rehab that spans 4 weeks?

I did a search on Long Beach and got 97 pages of Realtors from spanning all the way down to Dana Point.

I think most of the users have short attention span and to me the above is not in the best layout to highlight why BP is THE best real estate community.

For example, if I can mark a general period when home prices are comparable to the neighborhood today, I can get a better idea of context of that price range in that neighborhood for lack of data in today's 6mo past sale span.

It is a possiblity that they may have back taxes, but I would think, if they were able to make payments on their home over a 10+ year span or greater that taxes would not be an issue or if they have a free and clear home then the chances that they are behind on taxes would be slim.

Unfortunately, I never jumped in to discuss any questions or input my own solutions to some peoples problems.My experience in RE spans back to my childhood, but not as hands-on as a lot of prodigies you hear about on the web.