That being said some of the houses in the 1950's and 1960's were built very tough even though they may have some above mentioned issues.

This area overall would be known as the Eastside - excellent schools, solid middle neighborhood.One thing to note, South Carolina is overall a lower income area than coastal CA.

Do not want to pay tax liens while they are still incurring more tax debt and you do not own the property.You need to discover if they have equity (mortgage balance(s) and other liens.

(yes I have a lot of liability insurance, yes I know the risks, yes, yes.........)I have a manager(s) and want to be as passive as I can be in the property. 

Thank you Jennifer & Mike ... yes, when I do the #s and if they look good, I do plan on aggressively paying down HELOC

Name the city, any city, and there will be looser property deals, especially when bought way overvalue and leveraged to the 9's. And

Second, there are a lot of Hard Money lenders out there that can give you so many different breakdowns on fees, amount to put down, reserves in the account(s), and other items on top of these requirements.

If they try and manipulate me, I can always draw a line in the sand later.

Lake co were we lived and worked had about 30k antiquated lots IE platted in the 20's and no roads ever built...

A year later and now we get to remove all the cat piss ridden parts of the home during this rehab.We ripped off all base boards, sanded the entire home due to the cat piss seeping through the carpets and saturating the old hardwoods underneath.