I can comfortably invest a max of $30k by depleting my mutual funds (which earn ~6.5% a year) and possibly more if my parents want to get in on this.Thank you!

It's also unlikely that they have done any updating and kept up on all the maintenance so a lower offer is more reasonable and you have a renovation opportunity.Come up with a list of services you can offer to make it easy for them to sell (as-is) and to move (clean-up service).

Carpet  Paint  Roof  Cabinets  Electrical  Plumbing  Plaster  Sheet Rock  Cooler  Heater  Air Conditioner Window  Landscaping  Clean-up  ______ What do you think the repair cost will be?

Clean-up ?

More often than not the higher priced skilled worker was more proficient in every situation, this includes demo, and clean up.

I would suggest, those irrefutably blocks are: 1) neighborhood watch/associations, 2) a charismatic and respected grassroots mayoral figure, and 3) a few people willing to pick up litter and clean up blight.I think Zig Ziglar said it best - you can have everything you want by helping others get what they want.

I put clauses in the lease that would make her clean up her act if she was going to stay and protect me if I needed to evict her.

They're surely depleted after 2ish years of those.I got a lot of thoughts on the matter, but suffice to say I'm a touch worried about the future of the healthcare system.

It was clear that this gentleman did not do any homework and wanted to slap together this house and leave the new owners with a mess to later clean up.

Is the seller an individual or an entity that will likely be dissolved once the transaction is completed (or at least be depleted of assets)?