I have been delaying going after probates as I felt I was missing a piece of the puzzle.

Thanks EZ-I'm definitely willing to work the financing piece-I'll touchbase with my realtor on what he can do for that aspect.Hopefully, we can start generating some interest and at least some feedback on the place once we get a seller through.

Guess if they removed it then I'd own a 1 acre piece of ground for 40k plus foreclosure costs.Nice thought Ryan.It was originally financed by Wells in the heyday which means absolutely nothing.

Top notch service, and excellent document services.Truly self directed, and not hard to manage at all.Todd

A test kit invented would be a piece of wood or cardboard left on the side of a structure to sit stagnant with moisture around, and frequent a visual inspection for dirt shelter tubes, termites eat dirt and poop out-spit out to create a sheltered tunnel in which they travel to eat "cellulose" protecting them from humans and sunlight. 

I see that there are people from SoCal posting here.Would it make sense to buy a piece of land and just build a house on it in Lancaster?

@Yasmine BisumberI have two pieces of advice:  the second is the one you gave yourself, take action.  

@Gary EnnisI stepped backwards into my first VR and therefore it was extremely piece meal (read CRAIGSLIST). 

A piece of the pie is better than no piece of the pie imo.

Lets says worst case it needs a new piece of plywood, 40 bux, and one sq of tile ( its 10 x 10 so should be more then enough ) thats 120 bux, If this makes your deal no longer a deal, well then it wasn't one to begin with.