Your ability to get financing is largely dependent on your personal situation.

I see long term residual income in that direction and the ability to 'farm out' the necessary repairs.

It is also up to your negotiating ability.

You need a Hold Harmless and Indemnification Agreement covering such issues, but you also need to ensure that the seller has amounts at risk, ability to pay and perform under such an agreement.

It all came down to my ability to network and not be afraid to ask for another contact or two if someone couldn't help me.

If he doesn't agree then, you have to decide how much you want it and if there is otherwise an upside, like the ability to cut expenses over time.

As Joel kinda said, we don't know about her abilities or her goals.

The Ability to Repay Rule issued by the CFPB caps the maximum ratio at 43%.Given that in most parts of the country it costs $75-$85 per square foot to build a site built SFR (sans land) a 1,200 square foot home will cost $90,000 to $102,000 (sans land) How many 16x80s cost anywhere near that amount?

When she couldn't scam HUD any more she turned her remarkable and prodigious energies to scamming me.

I worry about the title being clear and my limited ability to estimate rehab costs.