All of the above jetted back and forth on the 5th business day and we had a ‘verbal’ deal by the end of that business day (11 Apr 08 ).

We paid $300 non refundable pet deposit.

Ohio is a non redemption state, thus you purchase whould be clear of all other liens outside the first. keep in mind tha appraisal is only an opinion and does not dictate the sale price at all.

Maybe I buy in a neighborhood that's close to various colleges, but I end up with a non-student tenant with low income.

There are also many non-profit orginizations that offer down payment assistance for 1st time home buyers and give anywhere from 3% to 20% of purchase price.lito-

Section 8 tenants tear up the property just as often as non-Section 8 tenants.Good Luck,Mike

I am not a realtor, but my ex was, so I know a little more than a non-realtor by seeing what he had to deal with.

I’ve evicted the non-paying tenant.

Worst case scenario they'd need to evict a non paying tenant which most builders are not very keen to do.

I would also like to include that to get my 8 non-foreclosure comps, the radius was expanded from .5 miles to 1.25 miles and required going back 4 months of recent sales instead of 2.