Do whatever it takes to clean up your credit and save money, there are no easy ways to be successful over the long term.

The collection company now knows they have leverage on you, because you now want to pay those debts, which means you want to pursue an opportunity but it requires that you clean up your credit. 

It's been weeks, and all I'm getting are excuses and promises that he'll get it taken care of.There's a clause in the contract he had me sign saying that he would take care of clean up.

I might clean up the front a little, get rid of the weeds in the drive and maybe put in a little bit of landscaping.Just out of curiosity, what didn't pass on the inspection? 

I crunched the numbers again and it seems like a good deal for rehab and rental ONLY if someone remove the tank and clean up the contamination.   

I have the duplex under contract for 250k and I plan on putting 100-150k into it to put on new siding, roof, updated kitchen and bathrooms all new flooring and paint and clean up the yards and this should land me at around 525k.

I'm confused on why you need to clean up your credit if you have an 820 score? 

So the seller had an extra day to clean up and get things packed I suppose.Settlement was rescheduled for the following day at 10, walk through at 9.

Does it make clean up and turning a vacant unit more difficult?

Anything can be cleaned, but structural damage is a different animal.My next question is, what do cleanups like this cost usually?