don't know if this is still true, but at one time foreigners could not outright purchase property in Mexico within 100 miles of the coast. 

I don't know what the issue is/was, but I think a lot of customers want to play games and he probably did his best to keep them on the straight and narrow. 

I would like to use the garage as a game room for the kids.

Good listings are a people game, not anything you have at the bottom of your post.

I’m new to the real estate game.

That claim can not be even remotely true.  

When any of the following is true:1.

@Drew Sygit Very true, Detroit is definitely block by block market.

If the offer price is too good to be true you may be dealing with an inexperienced wholesaler who doesn't know the market. 

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