Also, we do many short sales where we have to go to court and get the sale date extended in order to complete the short sale, assuming we have it under contract, the owner has submitted all the paper work and we have some type of verifying communications from the bank.

First thing, verify if there any judgments from any of her creditors.

I thenposted 3 day notice on door and was overnighted the rent money order, with a note saying starting feb 1st, rent will be paid with personal check not money order, as I ahd verbally requested initially, but did not put in lease .Should i take the check, even if it is on time?

My initial thinking is to buy (and potentially fix up) 1-2 properties before heading to school, that way by the time I graduate I'll have paid off the mortgage enough to take a HELOC and invest in a new property, potentially a commercial one.Any feedback or tips are always appreciated.

In my case I usually make it known it's me a single end buyer and it's cash.I do understanding the annoyance of having people visit every unit to kick tires.However, if the inspection - and here I don't even mean the actual structural mechanical inspection, I mean taking a look, an initial 10 minute look inside is not offered, and I have to basically make an offer blind, how would you calculate the offer number without having any clue whether it's gold plated inside or all rotted out?

If someone comes to me, I'll send them your way.If you need help in your search or want to verify something don't hesitate to ask.I have clients worldwide and things are just as easy as I e-mail them, talking on the phone.

If someone comes to me, I'll send them your way.If you need help in your search or want to verify something don't hesitate to ask.I have clients worldwide and things are just as easy as I e-mail them, talking on the phone.

you will need a copy of the lease, and a specific timeline of events and a list of issues and which things you can actually verify.

If you are still looking at this can you contact the current owner and verify with them or arrange a viewing?

You can verify a deed changed hands by simply looking at public record.