It may be hard to get the inspection items taken care of after closing, but if the seller is a decent person (not guaranteed) they should try to do what they said.

Bob, I sent you a PM this could be a long shot but I've got a good friend in Bay Park area who rents rooms in his house and he's a super chill guy.

Like yourself, it's tough finding a decent property that you can live in and force appreciation.  

Seemed like a decent guy, seemed like he knew his stuff...

Its a fixer upper that with rehab will have decent equity.

If you are a realtor taking clients around, you want a decent, comfortable and reliable car but not one that may appear "flashy".I remember many years ago when the realtor husband of a friend of mine bought a new E-class and took clients to a showing, they began wondering about his "fees" and started to ask for a discount. 

I guess the other side to it is that if you invest in these class C areas with high vacancies and what not, appreciation is a much bigger risk than investing in a decent area?

Unless you have a decent size of down payment greater than 3.5% (Basic FHA down).

But then I decide I'd like to snap a few shots of the back of the house and check for overall condition.. .... que up the tension musicSo before I get through the front yard,  a man starts walking out from the back yard.. a large man.. a kinda scary looking guy that I immediately got a bad vibe about - he looked up and was caught by surprise.

Would I be able to tell if before her divorce she was good about paying stuff on time and had decent credit?