LOL But I  have a plan to step out into the deep this year. 

This will be a “take a breath” on heavy acquisition year for me, but I’m looking to help others reach their goals.

So if  you buy a property in need of repair, buy it at a deep discount, roll the renovation costs into the loan....then MAYBE you can have $0 out of pocket. 

Every county in America has either trustee sales or sherrifs sales .. its how defaulted mortgages or trust deeds worked through the system. but as you said.. its a loooong game buying courthouses steps you have to follow literally 50 to find one.. pretty difficult for civilians to do this with out deep contacts at title and escrow companies or the ability to do their own title research.and when you get into PA like this person its pretty confusing.. and the rules seem to change from county to county and city to city..

Use your own money - if you pay cash for a property, you don't have the pressure of a timeline and interest payments and you can have more breathing room to do it right.3.

However, there is no fence, and while the lot is deep, it is not that wide and the neighbors are fairly close on either side. 

If foundations are deep or underground without utility pipes, I would go ahead with building in top of that given the engineer's approval. 

But he couldn't quite sand ALL the deep-penetrating shellac out of those bottom cabinets, which left you with that persistent tint differential.I'm sure the dude's baffled and rationalizing his failure all day long; "But I finished them both the same way!

Leverage this position and do not be afraid to walk away because you're in this too "deep".

If you purchase land AND then build - you will be in deep that you will need to pay off the investors that likely funded the deal.