A bucket in the yard works but express that they cannot leave a mess in any nice finished lawn or driveway/sidewalk areas.Level 3 is fairly standard, so it might be worth confirming this is what they are quoting.Prime and paint is straight forward.

Over the last 5 years we (@Sam Wilson and I) have developed a pretty cool and detailed system for tracking preforeclosures in Tennessee - primarily in Memphis and surrounding counties (but could easily be expanded to any other county or city).  

Wanted to throw it out to the community as well as get thoughts from those of you who have developed property.

I have lived there for a couple of years and that market can offer some very nice CoC ROI and I have people there whom I can trust on helping me screening potential houses.

Then either a sale for land or development (another 8 months).

Nice advise thanks

. :)To take your game to the next level, I think you need to do 3 things: Develop your ability to find deals OFF-MARKET (not just pre-market, from wholesalers or at an auction)Develop your ability to find private financing (not hard money)Develop your ability to find and negotiate seller financingTo find deals off-market, you're going to have to do your own marketing to generate leads.  

My phone not ringing and blinging so much sure is nice though!

This is not uncommon as most small developers try to avoid involving the City in light renovation, but this seems to be more than light reno work.Is there a way to still make this deal work?

I often find some really nice MFH's but they are often older homes, some dating back to the early 1900's.