I imagine there are some people out there who just love to look at themselves, and have to have their face everywhere.I also love pictures of people in mid step, when its very obvious they are just standing still.

Steady steps with bread and butter properties build empires.Tim

Too much debt will decrease credit score.Baby steps.

Assume everyone lying until proven otherwise.

The main thing about it is, let you determine if the property goes to step II - analaysingc.

Why did no one step up years ago and deal with the place?

I know my state isn't the only state where it is against the law.One step of screening is to call on the applicant's current address and see how many police calls were made to that address.

Beyond that I would step back and stop all legal costs until I know the deal is worth fighting for.If someone else wants a bad deal that is one less investor you will need to compete with once they take this one down.

As for the Rich Dad seminars, I think thats great that you are taking the first steps to doing something, but I wouldnt recommend going further with it.

Worst case, if you don't get a signed contract, you can likely walk away - as they haven't inked the deal within a prescribed acceptance time frame (I'm not an attorney - so consult one before taking that step - I assume you have some earnest money in there)!