I have no equity in this home—it’s all been washed away since 2007.

You need to establish his motivation to sell, if you can't identify a good reason for him to do an installment contract, that can be a red flag as to him being a wash, rinse and repeat type. :)

The lighter color floors wash out depending on the o/all color scheme.ps as matt said every mark will show

Being in Blue Bell, you'll find that the nearest REIA is DIG, and these days the main DIG meetings are at the Holiday Inn at Ft Wash, just a few minutes from Blue Bell.

The house will be for me to live in, for 1-2 years, at which point I should be able to qualify for traditional financing, and I'll move into a different property: wash, rinse, repeat.

For example landscaping the exterior and powering washing the old brick.

Water drips from the ceiling, shower doesn't turn off, no pressure, basement floods when the washing machine drains.

When washer ends washing cycle it raises the water in the kitchen sink. 13.

If that part of the house is in such bad shape i bet it needs new furnace water heater, definitely new paint, pressure wash the siding, New windows, doors, hardware refinish the floors assuming the hard wood is in good condition.

I have 14 properties that range from 5 units to 65 units. i.e. fire inspections, renovations, landscaping projects (palm tree trimming, crepe myrtle trimming), notating new appliances (per unit), owner specifics (flooring type, paint color, interior finishes), capital projects, pressure washing, just to name a few.