I figured that somebody finally offered enough for the place.  

LOL.. nothing more than lending guruism.But with all the talk of no money down real estate from BP, to late night TV blah blah blah.. these folks I am sure get a lot of hits and make a very sizable amount of money on the turn downs.you hit the nail on the head with these folks in my personal opinion as a HML and from a HML perspective.

Final thought:This time of the year things are going to take a little longer to sell.

If they were truly motivated sellers the house would already be sold - it is not a hard task to find someone to buy your real estate.Now some good news: When you do finally get to a deal - it will be a very good one!

I think we're going to end up doing 3/2 2000 sq ft or 3/3s, it depends on what the city gives us final approval for.

But if you put some care into your marketing campaigns, a lot of homeowners will remember yours over everyone elses and probably give you first shot when they are finally ready to sell. 

I've been lurking for a while, but decided to finally join BP.

The 43,000 profit you'll make by selling now is guaranteed, vs. the uncertainty of what the market would be like after you're finally able to get to making the necessary repairs.Good luck with the offer going into escrow, (if you haven't closed yet). 

We may make 3 or 4 seperate stops at a apartment complex in 1 storm to keep things open , then we come back for the final clean up .

Now FINALLY, I have found an investment partner who can lend up to $50k at one time as well, and I also have a fast and cheap contractor on my side!