Meaning ones you closed and profited on...I'd love to hear everyone's WORST negotiation that went in your favor too...

Maybe, but if you call the worst they can do is not return your call.

The worst case, you might be offered a better job in Hawaii.

The worst they will say is No...and if your doing a short sale, the deal should be good enough where you have plenty of profit built in.

I'm also not relying on the rent to make ends meet, but I do only want to purchase properties that will "pay for themselves" and at least break even under the worst-case assumptions.

This gives a worst case scenario of 75K + 50K + $1.7K (interest @ 4.5%) for roughly 127K cost.

One day, with our credit union, on a Nov. day, in 2006, I wrote a series of letters, to my creditors, while being a "responsible"...tax payer, and debtor...mind you, I wasn't late on a SINGLE credit card or mortgage payment...BUT...JUST BECAUSE I WROTE A LETTER....THAT PRESENTED RISK TO MY LONGEST STANDING CREDITOR....THEY DID THE WORST THING IMAGINABLE TO MY CREDIT AND MY HUSBANDS....THEY CANCELLED OUR ACCOUNT...and we were CURRENT!!!

I may have picked the worst one.

They are in a situation where in their perception (whether it's right or wrong) them having the home is the worst possible thing in the world.

Total I am guessing about $100,000 to rebuild this home, which is what you would need to do, trust me- nothing is salvagable even the inspector commented that it is one of the worst he has seen and he has been in the business for 20 years.My question is, as a rehabber, would you even want to put that investment into it when your comps top out at $140,000 for sales in that area?