The acceptable price you can pay for an investment opportunity will be determined after you conduct extensive research.You must first determine who is the target market.

However, the city conducted a full house inspection and i was told i need  to replace the roof and paint the peeling paint outside!!!!

Deborah BurianThe building science site has many useful case studies and even though many of them were conducted in the more humid environment of New England, the temperature swing from winter to summer will be comparable.When you say the house does not have a vapour barrier at the exterior wall, do you mean house wrap (tar paper in those days) or an actual vapour barrier (which should be on the warm side of the wall)?

I'm not sure why i'm posting except for the hope that another newbie sees this post and realizes they shouldn't conduct business that way.

(B) If the landlord makes an entry in violation of division (A)(8) of this section, makes a lawful entry in an unreasonable manner, or makes repeated demands for entry otherwise lawful that have the effect of harassing the tenant, the tenant may recover actual damages resulting from the entry or demands, obtain injunctive relief to prevent the recurrence of the conduct, and obtain a judgment for reasonable attorney's fees, or may terminate the rental agreement.

Criminal penalties are not outside the realm of possibility depending on how egregious the conduct was. 

To be clear, this appraisal was conducted as if my scope of work was already completed, so it's all subject to change.

This can include verifying their employment and rental history, conducting a credit check, and checking references.

And to what Robert said, I think I needan engineer and foundation company to come out and check it for me.When I conducted a rough rehab cost of the house I roundedthe foundation estimate up to $8,000 from the agent’s quote of $7,200. 

In Iowa, the lien sale is conducted thru the County Treasurer offices.