There are plenty of skinny, motivated, hard working people of various skin tones, and in this country legally, who need jobs.To Admin: I realize this should be an "Off Topic" post if posted at all, but if the bait stands, so too the fish. 

Negotiating Short Sales you have some control as too the timing of closing the deal as they are many stalling tactics you can employ. 

We use cash outs on refis or flip profits to pay off the yearly or one times (a byproduct of this is in many cases it reduces the monthly expenses too).  The

My concern is erosion of the siding, the lawn, and possibly the foundation.

No, just because you have tons of collateral doesn't make any loan a good one and it's not going to be a strategy to take his house and put a pile of money in your pocket, I'm sure he'd fight tooth a nail.Tell him to go sell his car or motorcycle or boat, whatever and pay his tax liabilities.

The numbers look great to me too. The

I'm sure for all the old timers around here those "deal" threads get a little long in the tooth but I sure like following along and learning from others going through the process.All the best!

The financing contingency is the most common. it carries a lot of protection for a buyer and lenders not only protect themselves but the borrower too. The

Safe areas with decent c-o-c are mostly newer suburban and include East Arlington, Southside, Fleming Island, Far Northside (near the airport) where they likely won't lose value anytime soon, but considerable appreciation is very unlikely too. The

North of the city you have lots of options too; The NEREIA in Chelmsford, a couple meeting on the North Shore and ones in Nashua and Manchester NH.