It's all a numbers game and you have nothing to loose.

You may loose money or break even or maybe even make a little. 

Second lien is not getting paid, they have a little bit of equity and then they loose patience want to get paid and try and squeeze blood from a rock.  

I just wanted any loose mortar scraped and replaced as there's no real cracking, just some loose mortar here and there.

It was not a plumbing issue but it appears the rubber seal that connects the dishwasher hose to the plumbing pipes had been knocked loose or off and flooded the area and ignored for quite a while, unfortunately there is no cabinet floor and it flooded the subfloor to the kitchen.

You could loose 10% of gross, or more, in these line-items...Good luck!

Better to Loose $800 than get hung out to dry for $385K.  

The only time i see all utilities included is when renting rooms.You might loose a tenant if you push utilities on them when they weren't paying before but i would do it anyway to control costs.

If you have a vacancy (or multiple vacancies) and can't afford the turnover costs with your income without loosing sleep, you over leveraged.  

Ok, so original owner A looses ownership of house via HOA foreclosure to auction buyer B, who allows A to remain in property?