Hello fellow rehabbers, If you have been rehabbing for a while, I am sure you have ran into a situation like this one...You buy a house and the seller says he will “clean things up” and then a few days before closing he says that there are “some things he couldn’t quite get to”… and that they “may need to leave some items behind”...Our record to date is 12,000 pounds of “Stuff” (being polite) being left behind… Check out this You Tube video… They left a “little” stuff that they “couldn’t quite get to”… http://buildingmyrealestateempire.com/2007/09/20/rehab-project-seller-left-these-items-behind/Have you ever broken my record of 12,000 pounds of “stuff”?

Effectively, you have that money invested in this property.

h)If you could relive the past again what things would you change, how do those things effect your current goals?

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Hi Johnniejrde,Don't know if this thread is still alive but, noticed that you have not been answered so maybe this will help.Postcard's are a great marketing tools an all of us in the industry should be taking full advantage of this cost effective approach to getting our message out there.

TV is expensive and not effective unless it is a constant campaign like Comcast or Gieco or something like that!

This certainly does effect everyone and is completely related to real-estate.

It seems as when the information from the buyer is given to the source the buyers mandate would say that the port is gone or something to that effect and to move on.

You end up fine for those five years (assuming my restaurant doesn't go under) but if I leave when the lease is up you are now stuck with what is effectively a $500K property for which you paid $750K, and you'll be unlikely to get a tenant who is going to come in and pay above-market rent.

Does anyone have suggestions how we can motivate these two to keep their lots cleaned up without actually having to evict them?