We renovated the properties and the cove completely redoing the properties themselves and adding fences to cut off walkways and cut-throughs from other neighborhoods and apartments, planting trees, shrubs and flowers, painting the brick to bring vibrant colors and generally raised the "look" of this area from urban decay to urban renewal.

It's quite possible that if you're choosing to make offers on only great deals that you *WOULD* need to offer above list price to have a shot at them.

Now that is awsome, I filled out an application and am going to get some pricing on what it will take to paint a couple of my houses up as bill boards for my landscaping business Thanks for shareing that link out side the box thinking at its finest

He lives out of state, has owned the property for about 20 yrs and doesnt want to deal with it anymore, so there is plenty of motivation...The father who showed me the property did some cleaning and some painting because the previous tenant left the place a mess but there is still work that needs to be done.

They advertise the houses as being pre-let to section 8 tenants, and are recently painted / improved inside.

But you don't have that and they choose to go to foreclosure.Go to the sale and bid.There are any number of reasons for taking it to foreclosure.

You need to find a good environmental consultant in your area to inspect that 1955 building for asbestos and lead-based paint.

Just bought a new house and was doing some painting when I knocked over an entire gallon of paint on the carpet.

Second, my rehab is generally painting and cleaning.

Yes, if you choose a 30 year term.