when it was sent to them in black and white in a letter.)  

Typically Onslow County has between 1200-1400 active rentals in the market. 

They have views of Puget Sound and are walkable to downtown Edmonds, both of which are on our list of desirable features.Account Closed thanks for the color commentary. 

I've seen homes with T1-11 sheets for porch ceilings, stained or painted white.

They will get copies of all the appraisal reports, and poof now Amazon.com will be suggesting couches and furniture and appliances, etc, that matches your home's layout and color scheme.

I typically take them at 70% of the purchase price in my underwriting. 

A successful short-sale typically benefits the borrower (homeowner) in the following ways: it can give them more time in the house (and payment-free); it is better than a foreclosure from a credit report perspective and wold allow him to obtain a new purchase loan for a new home in the future more quickly as compared to having it go through foreclosure.I would encourage you both to reach out to a local realtor with short-sale experience and have them facilitate the transaction, it would not cost you or the owner the commission as it would be paid out of the bank's proceeds.No, in a short-sale I would definitely not offer any payments to him directly that are not known and approved by the bank, you can get yourself in hot water and probably legal trouble by doing that on a short sale.

Typically they are going to give you construction loans at a much lower rate than hard money will.

I've attempted to do it myself with the various sites such as beenverified, white pages, true people search, and intellius with no real luck and just a bunch of old phone numbers and landlines that nobody uses anymore.

If all of that checks, then I look for typical problem areas (sewer lagoons, poor markets, too many empty lots, etc).