The situation here is very buyer-friendly but you can't use leverage and there are still many unwilling sellers who are "waiting it out" for things to get better.

Details:It's a 21yo house in a suburban development outside of Syracuse.4/3.5 1767SQFTShe owes 90,000He offered 96,000I amended to purchase at 93,000 (3,000 assignment fee)He is unwilling to pay sellers closing costs.Trouble is, she's my friend and she is seriously stressing about the whole thing.

If you are unwilling to do that then you simply need to get out and go find something else to do because you will not last and in most cases will end up losing everything you have.No successful businessman walks blindly into his business and relys on other people to make him a success.

* Are you saying he is unwilling to to do this?

It's true, very true, that any good deal that hits the MLS and is priced right - that deal will get a lot of competition and will be sold quickly, often for a price that I am unwilling to pay.

If you are unwilling to walk away from a deal after these up front costs you are setting yourselves up for failure.$100 will be a drop in the bucket if the property has serious basement water issues

In return, we and our investors are rewarded for providing a product that most real estate professionals are unwilling (or unable) to provide.Isn't this a good thing?

Start with asking him to walk you through it, if he's unwilling, he's the wrong contractor.Best of luck.

It looked just like this onehttp://www.auction.com/California/residential-auction-asset/1725464-11251-5590-MARYSVILLE-ROAD-BROWNS-VALLEY-CA-95918-O459I also do not know who is occupying the place, auction.com was unwilling to provide that info prior to my bidding.

I did write about the eviction a little here http://beta.biggerpockets.com/forums/52/topics/117209-a-lesson-learned-in-courtNormally, this is fairly easy to prevent with a few pertinent questions to the applicant, but when it is a PM company, particularly a large one that is unwilling to share much information about an applicant, it may be very difficult to ascertain who will actually be living in the property.