The guy who had power of attorney for the sale told me that the old lady who had the house kind of lost it and filled the truck top to bottom with household trash that had sat in the truck for years.

Great, thank you guys for the help

I will read more before posting anything more and share my own experiences, the good with the bad.

Hello BP Members , So today i was driving a new way from work and i saw this very beat up house and the owner was a hoarder real bad like his stuff was on the sidewalk and all that.

Thanks for the suggestions guys!

Looks like you guys are doing some cool things!

Have the owner either bring a locksmith with him or have locks to change all exterior doors as soon as the guy is out. 

Auction.com does not set the reserve, and what you thought was overpriced was just a really bad reserve set by a bank trying a better return. 

There are various reasons the project may not qualify for financing:  owner occupancy percentage, one individual owns more than 10% of the units, the community is involved in some sort of litigation (usually construction defect), or the HOA finances are bad (underfunded reserves).  

You guys have definitely cleared up some of the issues I had, but have also given me a lot more to think about as well.I was obv thinking of a 401(k) to lower apparently was is my MAGI, but apparently there are other options that may be better, so I will def take a look at the article you mentioned Brandon.