In the mean time you lined up another buyer for $32k and tried to find fault with him and the terms to nullify the contract.  

I'll be using my home equity line of credit to get started.

Drop me a line if you ever want to venture north east.

It would also be hard to effectively make offers without doing the math first, so I think the method would be counter productive.

Sure, you can spend days drawing lines that connect boxes on some Donald Trump level real estate empire org chart in an effort to gain anonymity and avoid liability, but, at the end of the day, what protects business owners is adequate insurance and acting intelligently."

A lot of the calculations I have seen have not yet taken into account how tax law changes will affect their bottom line. 

This one is easier as there's natural gas lines and I can just convert it over but still pricey ($5-7k)The seller doesn't have the funds to make the repairs so I'm trying to find a way to make this deal happenWithout getting bids, I'm estimating about $15-20k for rehabbing these items (FEEL FREE TO TELL ME I'M WAY OUT TO LUNCH)....this is on top of the $5-8k I budgeted to put into the interior.I'm not a flipper and was looking at this as a buy and hold cash flowing property.Looking where to go with this one:A) Reduce offer by $15-20k to $155k- Cons: I'm going to have to find a loan as I need my capital for other purchases in the hopperB) Reduce to $160k and get $5k in closing help- Cons: I'm still going to be out of pocket but b/n closing help and reduced downpayment would be able to get most of the work done and just put the rest on a credit card and use the cash flow to pay it down over the next 12 months.C) WalkD) Other options???

I have my hard money lender(s) lined up before the auction.

PG County isn't the hottest market in the DC area but the property is located near the future Purple Line so there is appreciation potential.

I was excited to pay for a better product. it must sync with credit cards accounts but I couldn't see where to do it.