If you are making a commitment to pay in full, I've heard of someone doing 13 months, but I would put it at 18 months minimum.  

Aside from Historic, the Zoning and Building departments aren't always the easiest to navigate, so make sure that you have a contractor that knows what they are doing before you commit to anything.

So may lose this bid in interim - buy hey, all throughout the upfront disclosure, it seems Hubzu can cancel or accept other offers at any point - they are never committed!

Since you passed your state's background check to get a license, the chances of you or any Realtor committing theft are nill.

If the corporate tenant wants to close that store, you can have a provision that they pay the value of remaining rent stream discounted at the 10-year t-bill rate.

If you can;t be the general on any rehab, my advice is not to rehab.I can sit at a desk and "estimate" to get true costs you need to know what the plan is and know what material and labor costs will be.

Any business that you start will require a lot of commitment and work.

And, like any business - it takes time and commitment to learn the ins and outs of the business as well as the market (i.e. supply and demand, market values, etc).

For the record…I know basically nothing abou t Nigeria, but any country that condones rampant scams, corruption, etc. is one I want to steer far clear of!

One thing that we had talked about is finding a note buyer during escrow who would be willing to write a letter of commitment to purchase the note at a later date, preferably after some seasoning so as to avoid SAFE laws.