As Bryan mentioned most sellers are going to want you to have some skin in the game, and you can actually use the EMD to your advantage to make your offer look stronger.

I wouldn't tie up a limited cash amount long term.

If the Title has been turned in to the state with the home attached to a permanent foundation instead of just tie-down strals and it has land together - it is usually treated just like a single family home.

In addition to the ceiling joist, there is usually a secondary horizontal member on conventionally framed roofs called a collar tie.

Hopping we might touch on such as well.Another I didn't mention that flippers would/should be concerned with is the EPA, another agency that will either get stronger or may well fade away.

If a tie, then we go by time and date of application (first come-first serve).

We already have 8 positive-cash-flow SFH properties tied to our personal credit history, and while local lenders seem are more than willing to keep lending purchase & rehab loans to us guaranteed by our retirement accounts, we want to move away from personal guarantees and toward perhaps using equity partners, as we start investing in small apartment buildings in BRAC communities.

I'm not sure what their capabilities are, but if they can bore some blind-holes on either side of the crack, they can probably tie both sides of the table together with clamping hardware (all on the underside of the table).

I considered uploading mine, but it would be pointless because it is so closely tied to my old PA.I am not a fan of weasel clauses.

Tying back to this thread, you have a lot of REO sellers today who are doing shoestring budget repairs to houses and trying to sell them for as much profit as possible.