Ball park your tax bill at approaching 100K.  

For ball parking "common items", maybe check out http://www.homewyse.com/  to at least give yourself an idea; the 2016 cost calculator allows you to be zip code specific.

And getting the asset back in a foreclosure isn't the worst thing in the world if you don't have your own debt hanging over your head (just ask the banks how they've done in the last few years).Break out the excel sheet and have a ball with "what if"...  

I know that it is important to have a strong team so I'm here to get the ball rolling. 

Just a ball park figure would be great.

I would put a marble or ball on the floor and see if it rolls in different directions on the concrete.  

I have in the past analysed things til exhaustion (classic " paralysis of analysis") Now I decided to be proactive and just get this ball rolling and learn as I go instead of procrastinating.

Then, you can exercise an escape clause: inspection, partner's / attorney's approval, financing, etc.Jaculyn's not wrong, she's just - again - talking like a home buyer, not an investor.

I was wondering if there is any investors who would be willing to share a horror story on a foreclosure they bought only to find they got more than they bargained for.To get the ball rolling he is one of mine.The story is about an unrecorded lien/  About 5 years ago in Susquehanna county, I was at a courtstep sale and there were about 10 bidders.

You need to make an itemized budget.  3) I don't think you will get it with a low ball offer.