Check your laws.

This evaluation will determine if the property's foundation and structural integrity are sound.Insurance Assessment: Check if the property has insurance coverage for fire damage.

It is so much easier to check on contractors and progress of rehabs when they are close.

Check in with @Joseph Chiofalo for a preferred jumbo lending program that's really improved investors incentive and cash flow.Good luck! 

Many years prior to her passing she moved out of the home to live with another family and the home sat vacant for a very long time without anyone checking on it.

Check out some of the Cleveland FB groups, LI groups, local REIAs, etc, and speak to people who actually know me.

The process ones you file you get on a court docket which can be from 2 to 4 months out and then if all goes well you get a check about 30 days later  FYI I figured this out on my own after a friends house was sold after it had been foreclosed by the bank and she got a card sent to her and she passed it along to me.

I will certainly check that out.  

It's just a regular purchase and sale agreement with "and or assign" language and a marketing clause.

The owner of that property in question cannot restore his full VA entitlement until such time as the VA loan is paid off in full.Further, even if you gave him the 3.5% down on FHA, his DTI will still be hit with the payment on that VA loan, almost certainly killing his next home purchase before it even gets going.And if he gives up on homeownership, all the future potential landlords are going to see that mortgage on his credit, and likely consider him unqualified for the rental unit.Unless someone is going to write a check to pay that VA loan off in full, this is a predatory activity and the victim is the owner of the home in question, given his goals and the proposal on the table.Do the right thing.