Asking Price $759,000Taxes 12987Total expense in 2018 was $23600Updates. 2003 new boiler, new washer and dryer2008 water heater 2010 new roof2011 replace galvanized pipes with copper 2012 new insolation in attic2015 tuck pointing

It seems like she thinks that she can just go pick it up at the tax auction for pennies on the dollar.

DSTs are great because they can match debt and equity to the penny and are highly modular in nature.

DO NOT SPEND A PENNY ON THE HOUSE BEFORE YOU CLOSE!

That's $20,000 you can "save" on your rehab cost - it will not make much of a difference for the ARV bank appraisal; as long as the roof is still okay and the windows have a fresh coat of paint the appraiser is likly to ignore those.

We've purchased multi-families in poor condition and done huge remodels that took every penny of spending money we had.

ALSO, homeless came in and stripped the whole home with copper and most likely camped in it while it was uninhabited...I will update the post with numbers as soon as possible. 

I sued someone once and got a judgement-it has been well over thirty years and never saw a penny.

I found his "you're putting up pennies verses my huge amount" tasteless and not professional at all.

. ;-) I think the bigger issue is whether it is aluminum or copper.