Settlement costs are part of any deal, belly up and pay it, buyer, seller or finance it, but it needs to be paid.

Tried lemon juice and vinegar something i read online and it did nothing.  

Regulators will scream if a bank finances a past problem property without a heck of a good reason to do so.Be it a SFD or especially a multi or commercial property, there is a reason the borrower went belly up, that often has issues with trails leading back to the property.

I've done several rehabs and would not EVEN attempt to do one remotely unless I had people lined up that I knew I could trust intimately.In this situation, I would absolutely not mortgage my residence to fund this deal unless I was certainly I could pay the loan even if this deal goes belly up.Now that you're in this far, the number one thing to do is to get to Cleveland and Toledo and see what the real situation is on the ground and to meet some people.

Trying to squeeze too much juice out of the deal.

The entire complex was renovated in 2007 and long story short the developer ended up going belly up.

For years we have used Rent Juice to syndicate out our advertising duties within our property management company.

What's the likelyhood of you going belly up, taking bankruptcy?

Downside: In 2008, the Brickell area had some of the highest foreclosure numbers in the nation due to rogue buyers, and several buildings down there went belly up and were blacklisted from bank financing.

@James BellI am not aware of any water issues there, but there could be.