Best bet would be to contact all the brokers in you're area and let them know what you're looking to do. 

The above statement is not completely true.Your agent can prepare an agreement for you to purchase with your transactional funding POF letter (if you win a bid).  

You're going to encounter more drama and crackhead wannabe contractors going the Craigslist route but it's also a good bet at beating down the many times ridiculous prices about 90% of companies charge when the company they work for is more than likely only paying them 15 to 20 bucks an hour anyway and offering meager benefits.

Win-win in that case. 

Most of the bids we win aren't because of first mover advantages we have developed.

I figured this would be a good opp for a low bid win.

@Rachel Pivonka I agree with the last statement of @Bryan Wesley, we sometimes quote higher if we are really busy in case we need to hire other short term workers or contract it out to another company if we win the bid.Good luck.

Thanks for posting @Tom Keith I will do another report and I bet we find some key differences within the reports lol.

You bet I will post as much as I can!

@Eladio Perez, Since the seller owns it free and clear, your best bet is to ask for owner financing and you can try to structure the deal so that you wont have to make any payments to him until the repairs are completed within reasonable time of course.