Most inspectors there are simply members of a national organization such as NASHI or others like it.

This would be my first attempt at a deal, here are the numbers on this duplex: Top to bottom duplex with both units having 3 bedrooms 1 bathroom.

As Ryan said, if the seller attempts to go around you, while the contract is in place, you can take legal action, or simply cloud the title, which will keep the seller from being able to sell the property.

Seems like skewed reasoning, as though they wouldn't mind financing me if I had simply paid $30k more for it!

I simply chose to give back to a forum that has been so very beneficial to me.

The basic idea of a lease option is pretty basic but the details are what will make the experience good or bad.The way that I do lease options and the most successful way I have experienced is to lock in the sales price, give a 3 year lease, and require the tenant to make all repairs.The other thing you are talking about is purchasing the home "Subject To" which simply means subject to the existing financing.

It's simply a dud and "terms" won't fix that.Minna - YOU CAN DO BETTER - a lot better!

We are simply having to pass on them.

Simply because it's an assumable loan and they don't need to qualify?

I was told the reason evictions can take months is that landlords will attempt to do evictions on their own, and forget to cross a few t's and dot a few i's, or otherwise not follow the law properly.Although several hundred dollars seems extreme compared to $30 or so on your own, an experienced eviction attorney can get the job done quickly and relatively painlessly.