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.* If approved for a HELOC, and it is never used, the only cost was the property appraisal.The downsides include:* Requires the basic financial discipline to see the HELOC as a credit card and not a gift card.* In a housing crash the lender may freeze the credit line or demand payment.* The above can be alleviated by paying back the HELOC with a traditional mortgage once the home is repaired.

Often times, these new owners will be desperate to sell their old houses ASAP.Contact mortgage companies; they may know of people wanting to sell their old house/last houseHire bird dogs (sometimes even through craigslist “help wanted” ads)Send mailers to Bankruptcy court listingsSend advertisements, business cards to Accountants and CPA Firms: They have clients with financial problems where an investor can be of help.Send ads, mailers, business cards to real estate attorneysAdvertise “We Buy Houses” using Apparel with Logos: Hats, T-Shirts, Golf Shirts,Send to anyone getting their car repossessed: If the car is going the house isn't far behind.Send ads, business cards to carpet cleaners: Many of their customers are preparing a house for sale.Send mailers to charitable groups/churches: They frequently receive gifts of real estate, but they'd rather have the cash.Send ads, business cards to City & County Inspectors: Code violations and red tags.

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Offer a drawing for like a $100 gift card.  

They are a waste of time.I just modified my craigslist ad, offering a $250 gift card if someone rents it starting 1/1.  

The more you use these funds over and over, the lower the cost per use becomes.It's the gift that keeps on giving...but your charge card only gets billed one time. 

I value any input you have to gift me!!! 

That would mean lying one way or another; either lying and getting the hard money lender to write a letter saying the money was a gift (no way (s)he'll do this), or trying to keep the second lender in the dark about the hard money lender altogether.

He didn't have a will, and this house was given to both of them as a wedding gift a long time ago.Long story short, mom would love to sell her house, but her step daughter (dad's daughter) seems to think she has some ownership rights (and she may), and therefore doesn't want to sell at a price anywhere near what a run down vacant house should sell for.