If anyone wants to throw out a recommendation for how i would sell that dilapidated property with all dead owners, holla.

I swore off the Big Banks in 2009 when, as a Chase mortgage customer looking to move to Georgia for a job relocation and looking into a new mortgage loan, was told by Chase "Oh, why don't you call Quicken Loans" (Translation: Drop Dead).  

Common sense needs to come into play somewhere.  

Those books will give you a good understanding of why we play the RE game.Real Estate is really about relationships.  

He is not your typical cashflow/appreciation investor, he just plays with money and assets.

Teaching, Coaching, and Classes work we all had one in high school or collage when we played sports.  

I play them while getting on with other tasks like driving etc.

@Upen Patel...and the appraisal, survey, home inspection...all come after with a "fully approved loan" in play...If any of those items come back with an issue, how does underwriting adjust for the many things that can happen.

The value of the properties location I think is really important, Think of a long street that ends in a dead-end cul-de-sacThe beginning of the street is a really busy intersection, so the really busy intersection has less value than the end of the street cul de sacYou may want to talk to an appraiser that does this for a living and ask them how different parts of the neighborhood can seriously affect resaleI always ask myself when I'm looking at a house from a buyer's perspective, can grandma walk around the block at 8 o'clock at night just before dark?

These issues are "life occurrences" things happen where people end up having legal issues, estate matters, financial concerns or things they have done surface because of some other event or even conversation.Many factors play on these risks of discovery and going forward to an unpleasant ending.