If I take my chances, can liens be generally negotiated down to small amounts?

Another good example is a person's car, if you look at their car and it is dirty, stinky, and full of garbage, chances are their house isn't much different...but I can't tell somebody they don't qualify because their car is a dump.There simply is no "screening criteria" that can ensure a person will take good care of something.

The house is in pretty good condition, but if you had the chance to wrap $6k of energy upgrades into the mortgage, what would you include?

The way I see it, $1,800,000 + 100,000 + 132,000 = $2,032,000 and that's really not a lot of wiggle room as it is now, but it could still be a great chance! 

Is there a good chance I will pass?

PS - I have a friend at King Co Metro downtown, any chance you know Keith Rodmyre?

It sits within a nice neighborhood but is situated in between an apartment complex and dilapidated home, which will hurt its chances for resale.

The base station can still be set to upload to the Internet through an Ethernet connection.For an upfront cost of about $600 ($300 SimpliSafe, 300 Night Owl) and $15/month, only a professional housebreaking crew is ever going to have a serious chance at beating your security.

However, as I stated maybe I am missing something, I am tying up a lot more capital when buying down points and "playing the long game" which hinders my chances of getting into the next deal and making money in it.

@Andrew Bundy did you need financing by chance?