You do need to have a preliminary inspection of the property to assess if you're going to have work to do once it is empty.

If your investors are savvy they will want to see progress on the rehab before handing over all the rehab money.

I agree with your assessment of downtown.  

@Tom Keith Great to hear about your progress!

I also would do a walk through this week to assess any damage done by the dog that would be billed now.  

So here is where I would like an honest assessment of why I have yet to be able to close.Is there anything that i can do different that i currently am not seeing?

I think that same definition of Cs and Ds being roughly similar properties / neighborhoods with the exception of Ds being ones you only go to during the day is a pretty common one.Correct -- I was ONLY talking about what "grade" I gave my own properties (self-assessment) and was not talking about anyone else.This is just like calling a girl "pretty" -- one person may say someone is "pretty" and someone else may say that girl is "so-so". 

I made very little progress, because I lost my focus.

the amount of taxes owed greatly exceed even the tax assessed value; so the county wouldnt accept less to start receiving money?  

Am I off base here in my assessment?