Also I paid them 400 for fixing parts on some steam radiatorsThe guys finish up and I pay them their money as everything works, a week later I notice that the radiators aren't heating but the main pipes that run up the wall are boiling hot. 

There were 7 showings on the first day on market, so while we are optimistic, it may be swept from under our feet.This is a real fixer upper, 100+ yr old home with plaster walls in need of some repair, hardwood floors which we hope to salvage, but the house looks straight out of the 1940's.  

In regards to marketing the properties and disclosing such activity to your tenants, now would be a good time to review you lease agreements to ensure you have a good clause when it comes to a potential sale and give some surety to the tenants, if that is the plan, if you do want to retain them and sell to another investor.  

I dont see any mold, but they are busting out ceilings, walls, floors, etc.

I'd need to put up a new wall and do some interior renovations.

Slam right into the proverbial wall. 

Throw a used pool table in the living room instead of a table, and a school flag on the wall and use it to advertise (just a thought) If you are relatively speaking in the middle of nowhere, and you like cars..

We would like to do the following:(1) Write a contract for deed on the home, which the owner still owes $133k to the bank, and offer him $10,000 cash(2) Pay off that lump sum of $9,500 back to the bank, so he can retain the title and rights to the home.So overall, the Real Estate agent would like me to pay the $10,000 for the contract for deed, and $9,500 to the bank, equaling near $20,000.  

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This means that proactively doing things to retain tenants is vital.