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However my contract is set up with the $4000 down and my key worry they accumulate $100 a month towards their down payment.

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She passed in Nov and her daughter has since inherited the home and is on a fixed income and cannot do much of anything with it.

.- Last but not the least: my 2nd fourplex: Fully occupied during appraisal but completely vacant when I got the keys!!!

But the 4/2 is in really bad shape, 1 bath needs gutted( mold on the bathroom ceiling,tile missing in the shower) and key lock door knobs on every door.  

We put an offer in shortly before this house was set to be foreclosed on, and the obviously-motivated buyer was eager to take up our offer and get out before the house could be sold at auction.Timing: we got her a cash for keys, and got her out of the house within a month.

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