Our first and only flip: we bought a foreclosure, closed on a Tuesday, on Friday a lady knocked on the door while we were painting (we put a FSBO sign in the yard day of closing), said her moving van is on the way from out of state, her house purchase fell through, she'll pay all cash and could we have it finished and closed by the next Friday?

However, it looks like the previous owner built it by using part of the attached garage.

Be aware of such things that add value or subtract to include location, location location sqft,size of lot,garage,basement, # of bedrooms,age,age of construction,type of construction, vacancy and rent roll, expenses, taxes,ect.

I once met a builder who was building houses attached at the garage, so it was kind of like a duplex, but with separate APNs.

Even if I approached all of the folks cited in the amendment or went door-to-door how would I know who is authorized to put something in writing if the lady that is the representative is not of sound mind?

All doors and trim and so on.

If he paid 58k and failed to do anything to bring the apts out of the 70's its safe to assume that there is a 3k to 4k per door minimum in upgrades to bring it up to date back into this century.

If the place is unoccupied there is a good chance that a window or door is open.

It will at least open the door for negotiations to begin.I appreciate your help Joel.

I submitted the email with picture of it taped to his door as evidence.