I bought a property a few months back and the (then current) appraisal said "...Subject property's market is identified as the "fixerupper" subsegment of the larger Garner & Raleigh area.

I can sort of see their point but I think the house is getting pretty old and could need repairs soon also CA is apparently long over due for an earthquake.Any ideas?

A take it or leave sort of thing.

Lenders and servicers do sort of know how to play the game.

(A house in a 200k neighborhood should not be compared to a house in a 900k neighborhood down the street)Look for properties with similar features such as size, year built, what sort of features such as pool and features such as waterview, etc.

I simply put a 60 business day assignable contract on the property, and simply by word of mouth sold it for a $15,000 profit within just a few days.With that said, all I spend my days doing, is looking for deals and making offers.The best piece of advice I can give you, is never ever ever look at a property without making some sort of offer on it.

quick guess here, but that's probably some sort of breach or default and he could theoretically foreclose for that...some big mortgage companies will purchase insurance at the buyer's expense..not sure how that would work on a seller finance transaction...anyone else??

try to find a deal through craigslist by sorting it by real estate owner.

Some sort of marketing on your part is going to be required to find both of these people.

Did the two who are still living there pay in larger portions of the rent so you still got the same amount each month?