He'll throw a line his his buddy Putin.

This kinda shows The people that didn't want to buy the $30,000 houses that they are worth it if you're willing to put in the work in time!

Also this does not seem to be regional to Texas.My situation is that I bought the house all Cash, and put in around 25K in rehab and looks to be able to sell well above 20% of what I paid.  

The HOA I worked for previously did this, put a little bit into bringing the unit to a condition it could rent and tried to recoup some of the long past HOA dues.The tenant that was put in place was given full disclosure of this so they were not surprised when the 1st position lien holder started foreclosure.  

I always put in my contracts "The contract is contingent on my partners approval", and I never use AND/OR ASSIGNS.

I inherited a tenant when I bought it that the previous sellers put in.

It should be convenient and haave minimal distractions.  

If my numbers work with a slightly higher offer, then I will put in a slightly higher offer, but only if it make sense.

This past year, I acquired another property and put in 15k-20k in updates, but this time, I used a contractor.  

That is what we did, we put in 4 spaces and the driveway.