They will be able to help you write an offer that is going to have a shot at being accepted by the bank, and they will also be able to explain all the hoops you will need to jump through in order to successfully close on an REO sale. 

Assuming the wiring is Romex, any burned sections will have to be replaced if the rest of the house is acceptable.

Please accept in the forums, and we'll be on record here.

I also live in Dyer and I just got an offer accepted on my first investment property in Griffith.

However, we are willing to accept a much lower amount of cash flow than others have stated.

Has your offer been accepted already?

In 2015, I closed on two houses (both co-workers at PNC) and fully understand how tough it was to juggle both jobs and provide acceptable service to my clients.  

Get the seller to agree to a deduct to cover it at closing, accept it, or walk.  

If it's somewhere you travel to often then that can be acceptable.

At the end of the year charge/refund the difference in the actual charges.Use the previous method but break out utilities for the units on each shared meter instead of the total cost for all meters.Break up each bill as it arrives. and divide it by units on the meter This would add a lot of overhead to the work load.For water, gas and trash service I think it would be acceptable to share the costs based on sqft.I just dont know what the common practice is and my experience isn't in commercial offices.