Vandalism, frozen pipes, and attorney bills over a longer period of time all add to the cost.

I looked up the owner and he operates multiple locations in my state plus a few frozen-yogurt stores as well.

@Dave Carpenter , I run a frozen dessert shop.

As an example, I might suggest a lease-option in some deal out of concerns for the due on sale issues of an installment contract over some period of time, but I don't know if there are any due on sale issues up there in the frozen tundra :)So, what are the issues or differences that play on real estate transactions up north?

No regards for the frozen pipes and holes in the roof.

ALLOCATION OF TIMEIt is one of the most important aspects of ANY business to run efficiently and be profitable.People get contacted on here all the time from people with no money or they have 5k etc. and want to employ strategies that had traction back in 2009, 2010 when the market were frozen and sellers were desperate for anything.Now those same strategies are very, very difficult to pull off as all cash buyers and buyers with decent amounts of cash are ready to do transactions.

Either your seller is an executor of the will of a probate estate or trustee/successor trustee of a trust.Hurdle #2 - Slim chance your sellers will be able to access the line of credit as they're typically written in such a way as to terminate or be frozen upon death of the borrower.Hurdle #3 - If the sellers are able to tap the credit line, I'd say there's a higher than average chance the due on sale clause will be triggered.

This is why I think with tenant screening you couldn't land a great tenant in that area.I know investors that own around there and there comments are "We do not buy in these areas anymore because no matter how nice you make a place the people in that area just thrash it all over again".I looked there myself about 3 to 4 years ago when the market was frozen and things were cheap but the bad areas and high leftover property tax evaluations left me saying (no thanks) to investing down there.I do feel for these owners however I do not want to get religious but they are believing God will take care of the situation for them on the You Tube video.

Apparently, his bank account was frozen by our good friends in the IRS.We also hold back a significant amount (after job completion) for 90 days, run a search at the GC expense & ensure clean title etc.It's all spelled out up-front in the contract, no agreement no deal.

I've read so much information and now I'm frozen at taking action.