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the house has a bunch of equity, being worth about 750k when fixed up.I  know that on a standard convenetional mortagage foreclosure, there usually additional fees such as unpaid interest, attorney fees etc, apart of the princiapl balance.Is there a way to conservatively assess what will be the actuall "Pay-off" on the 1st?

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Pretty much every time I talked myself into making a compromise on our minimum standards I regretted it later.

Lower the price, not your standards.

Here in MD (and I think most everywhere elsr in the country), a Realtor can prepare and provide standard lease forms and disclosures.

OP  Stuart is highly experienced in Philly I would listen to what he has to say as well as Chris.this is pretty standard from what I see in big cities.. its why i will no longer build in the City of Portland.. every building permit application comes back with a check sheet EVERYONE its standard procedure i think for these large municipalities..

And I'd bet your 'Contractor' is not licensed or is not very good compared to typical standards...But good luck....

One thing that might be causing an issue is that the house has a cesspool (normal for this area) that's less than 100 feet from the well, so due to FHA standards we can't sell to FHA buyers, just buyers with conventional financing or cash. 

Would you guys recommend them for standard investment loans?