It looks like you may have captured a free floating full torso vaporous apparition there.What are your plans for the rehab, if you don't mind me asking?

As I said I tend to cruise the posts more than I post myself so I'll be watching.

I think when we get homes as cheap as we do, we tend to become a little jaded about what we consider a great deal.

The agreement reads that the other general partner can ask to have the man evaluated by 2 doctors and if they declare that he is unable to tend to his affairs (which he is) then the other guy can exercise complete control.

But as the market has gotten better, their discounting has gotten worse - as you would expect.Typically, I tend to come in around 65% list and see what they counter at.

Texas is a great place to invest, we have tons of inventory, and a fairly stable, i.e. predictable, market and tend to weather the national fluctuations better than most states. 

I read a stat that things listed with realtors tend to sell higher, which makes sense.

If we owned property in Brasil, I believe we could travel to visit family there and have a tax write off with it, as long as part of our trip was to tend to business matters in regards to the house. 

Another question-how much over starting do bids generally tend to go?

Your 800+ credit score will bump up those lending capacity and lower the rates, but lenders tend to cover their own behind in all cases.