You did a good job buying this place so cheap, now cash in and reap the benefits. $130k with no work or $190k with the stress of dealing with a rehab & sale?

Are there any questions one could ask that could at least give one enough of a feel for the condition of the property to be able to make an educated guess, make the offer, and then adjust from there if necessary after I DO pay a professional to inspect the property?

Will you benefit with a variable interest 1,5, 7 year with lower points?

Hi, a couple of weeks ago I learned, from an answer to a question I posted on BP, that I can't 1031exchange earnings from the sales of mortgage notes. Does anybody know of any other ways to reduce the tax on those gai...

That is, you can get the benefit of someone else’s decades of experience without having to wait decades to get there.  

What’s the benefits for the homeowner and potential buyer?

If you plan on building a portfolio, eventually you’ll probably wind up working with adjustable rate mortgages.

Hen you can adjust as needed to lay out the money portion of it.

Consider it "free expedited reality adjustment".

@Julian Joseph - probably lots of recent HS grads and others in college that could benefit greatly avoiding leaving college with a large student loan in the first place.What the heck happened?