My job as an investor would be to persuade  ( Don't know if this is the right term to use) the property owner to take less because of their situation (foreclosure, property damaged/outdated, unwanted inheritance, etc.) 

BIG NO-NO in MA.tip: if you do the cash for keys, make sure its agreed upon that you give it to them after they are out not partial upfront to secure a place to find out that come move out date, they do not !

Hello everyone!!!!  New year new me, I'm from NJ born and raised (30+yrs) but relocated in 2015 to NC so I'm learning the lay of the land. Amazingly I have been a sales agent (10+yrs), part owner in a brokerage, and a...

The center of the downstairs apartment floor is uneven from the home 'settling', the insulation is not great, and the kitchen and bathroom are pretty out-dated.

Similar homes in the area in the past year have sold from $110,00 to $120,000 I have not been in this home but from the pictures is seems to be a livable home while fixed I do know that from the looks it will need a new roof and of course it is outdated.

They tend to not think about the fact that the house is terribly outdated.

They have just enough out dated and irrelevant knowledge from a time that may as well never even happened, to cause issues from start to finish, but the entire way want to remind you that they "used" to be a broker...and how they "used" to do things...Bla...Bla...Bla   

Right now duplexes are going for a minimum of $300K in a good area and all of them are pretty much out dated and need work.

Their rejection letter appears to suggest my only recourse is to locate a 'QUALIFIER' who has at least 4 years journeyman experience, to qualify my landscaping contractor company. so, in the interim, i can only do jobs that total $500 which is basically nothing since just a truckload of MULCH here in socal can easily add up to over $500 and the CA laws in my opinion are so outdated since $500 maximum in labor+materials means handymen can only do tiny jobs like painting, yard cleanup, garbage hauling.

They got an appraisal (think 1950s house never been updated, rear garage corner rotted apart, roof was 40+ years old and crumbled off in the wind, soffits and some wall rot, original boiler, outdated panel... a mess).