The only real difficulty in my experience is the first time you build them because of instructions take longer amount of time, however the second time you will notice a huge reduction in time used to build them.I also screw all the cabinets together and the plywood down to increase strength.I also find them stronger and reasonably priced to the Chinese manufactured cabinets that i used in flips.

But isn't it a part of some short sales packets to show that the house needs some repairs in order to justify a reduction in price?

And there might be a price reduction if the work is expensive.

Because of my homework I know that they wont close at the end of the month because if they want to apply for violation fees reduction, the Board meets only once a month, and they missed the deadline.

The good news is that I am still in my due diligence period so my first step is to negotiate a drastic reduction in price. 

Wouldn't you love to find this list and give them the red pill out of the Matrix and show them there are markets that exist where you do not have to pay over market value!

If I use interest to make up in the long run for home price reduction, I'd be offering something like 4.5 - 5 %  -- Is this too high for investors? 

It's built in 2004, just listed (so no time for a price reduction), looks to in really good condition, and is an SFR.Because of 1 and 2 you're competing with homeowners that want to live there, send their kids to school there, etc. 

@John Umphress, you would want to consider sinking less money into Dead Equity for a thousand reasons, especially if you are over 45yrs of age with less than 300k in retirement savings.But if you're worried about it, 2 or 3 months after you close on a property, if that time you still feel the need to put more down, then do a simple reduction of principle & loan re-cast.2 months After closing, if you still can't think of better use of your funds and still want to re-cast, tell us know.   

That is why I was trying to find a PM in the area that is tech savvy and might be able to solve the expense reduction problem using Appfolio or Buildium.