After you do the inspection yourself and if you have doubts, just have a regular inspection done.

Plus taxes and insurance, which I doubt are low.

Interest rates were 18-21% on cards and not much better for conventional mortgages.Let's give the promoter the benefit of the doubt and assume that it's a legitimate offer.

I doubt you're that concerned with safekeeping of the checks as much as having an opportunity to grab all the money today, I mean really!

I agree with Jerome, I doubt that Kwikset uses very many unique combinations on their retail packaged locks.

Even if you can get the rehabs done for around $15k (which with a kitchen remodel,  bathroom remodels,  hardwood,  painting and other things that will be necessary it's highly doubtful you can get it done for $15k to get it to a flip level)  it is a bad deal. 

Cement siding may be more durable than wood but it still has to be painted . . . and re-painted, depending on paint quality, climate and conditions. 

This is a fairly hardcore legal question, so I'm doubting anyone can help much but I wanted to throw it out there.I bought a property in Florida last year and paid the whole sum upfront- no EMD, just the full sale price.

I doubt pot would get SWAT involved but usually pot is only part of what is going on, with pot being a gateway drug.

If it's good enough, you might touch it up as a book for small investors, LOL.Including different sources of financing is a good thought, however I doubt you can drill that deep into these sources as to their functioning requirements and how that applies to the borrower's planning in two months.