Thanks, Jon, for the advice - Would the termite inspection report and the regular home inspection report be enough to determine all the repairs that may be needed ?

You will need to make him think that the you and the seller have a good rapport so he doesn't even think about circumventing your relationship to this thing.And then you will bring psoturing and attitude together and let him think that you find great deals like these regularly and you will need his services on future deals if he handles this one correctly at a good price.Use posturing and the right attitude correctly and you don't have to worry about the contractor trying to get slick.

I’ve read where buyer pays closing costs. ( regular wholesale deals).

Great area...very clean, new and virtually next to no crime.

I spent my summers painting and cleaning apartments - we lived in a college town, so there was alot of turnover in the summer months.

(Tax lien, purchase, inherit, etc)If you businesses method of accounting is:AccrualThe eviction costs go into your basis of that property if you are on an accrual basis for your business.Cash BasisIf you are on a cash basis you will deduct in the year you paid the expense.This is assuming you are regularly in the business of dealing real estate.

Kiyosaki could use a bit of training in the PR clean up department.And of course watching the trainer mentioned in the video (Mark Mousseau) didn’t help the matter.

.)* Clean-up and neighborhoods taking care of themselves.

By doing so, you don't have "clean title"; if such a transaction required title insurance, the title insurer would list all liens of record that remain unsatisfied as uninsured / exceptions / exclusions on the title policy.

I have had my real estate license for the past 5 years but also plan on getting my brokers somewhere along the line and starting a brokerage hoping to work with investors and rehabbers regularly.