I recently read an article in a local REI magazine in Pennsylvania written by an attorney who is representing a few wholesellers who are being investigated by the Real Estate Commission for acting as unlicensed real estate agents.The article reads that it is not yet illegal to assign a contract in PA but if you try to make a business out of this then your assignment contract is misrepresents your intentions to the seller.  

I decided to investigate REI and discovered this web site on Christmas Day while testing out my new tablet from Santa.

Before I purchased the property, I investigated the costs of replacing the heating systems, either with electric baseboard ($3-6,000) or a gas boiler with radiators. ($6-10,000) (FYI, electric baseboard is very expensive to use -- high bills.)

Worth some more investigation?

If the tenant is Cluck Cluck Chicken, one of a kind, actively being investigated by the health department, you've got a strong negotiation stance.

Seems like for apartments, you get a contract very early, then have a fairly lengthy due diligence period where you carefully investigate the property and get the seller to prove their numbers.

Since sellers are generally not eager to turn over access to their checkbook or tax returns without actually being in contract or in due diligence you can do a little investigating on your own.

page=1I was able to hire an investigator and find a few heirs that may claim this abandoned property I have found.

If you are considering keeping them them investigate them the same as you would any other tenant.

This is an area that can be investigated throughly in most home purchases, but the tax sales just usually do not allow us enough time for our due diligence to get that intense even if we were to think about it.