The owner seem to think that this was done because the bank finally wants the house back and wants to prevent them from having any equity on a standard sale.

I actually responded to counter from HUD yesterday, with an offer high then their counter to me to prevent someone from going in $100 over the HUD price.I got accepted!

(CL made some changes recently that prevent us from linking our images to url's, which sucks since viewers can't just click through to my site and fill out my form, they'll either have to copy and paste a url I put in the ad, or call me on the phone where I will have to a.) manually collect and then enter into my dbase, and/or b.)refer them to my url so they can do the data entry themselves.)These ads are strictly for building a list of wholesale buyers.

Now if you intend to possibly keep the property and later instead decide to wholesale it, I don't see that as dishonest as things can change, but what you represent initially should be what your goal is going into the deal.Some people do advocate the "keeping the seller in the dark" approach, personally I don't feel it's the correct way to do business though legally there is nothing preventing you from doing so.

A lot of plantings were put in when the house was new and now are over grown for the spot where they are and roots can be pushing against the foundation or causing water penetration.We will repair outside decks, porches, patios, etc, but usually don't build a new one of those.

I rooted for BU just for you and Bryan (LOL) to no avail.What I remember about Fl. is the England AFB area and the swamps, snakes, gators and August humidity ....that was a different time LOL Well, at $45 a foot they aren't buying at Lowes that's for sure.

Even though I've ventured down south my roots are in Portland OR :) The 'keyword alerts' are great!

It's way less likely to happen than it used to be and you can prevent it from happening should it start.

I just had an issue with a sewage backup in the basement at one of my properties and it was caused by tree roots.

Know your local law.Also my bank allows me to prevent people from making a deposit into my account so they have to meet me to make payment if I so choose.