Most title companies can give an "investor/bulk" discount if you ask for it.Elanor Ortega at Title Security is very good (you can pm me for phone number). 

But the city's code enforcement office had some years ago started putting on $ 500/day for overgrowth.

The way I choose a farm area is I look at the cash sales  where the most and the highest were located  then I mail those zip codes.

Even though the price may be below his ask point out that the the total value of the payments he will receive will be much higher then his ask priceNote:  If you do make an offer for owner financing make sure to include a right of first refusal on the note so that if he decides to sell the note at a discount you can buy back your own own at a reduced price.

Zip code 60617.- Total repair costs have been pegged at $50k.  

Many real estate commissions will enforce the NAR Code of Ethics and have incorporated them in their regulations.  

Rarely will you see these financial reits trading at a premium, but from my research on average the financial reits have Traded at a 2% discount of its book value and I like how liquid these Financial reits are vs the brick and mortar reits.

The downside of this second option is it might be hard to finance discounted properties with a regular mortgage.

Anyone can draw up a set of plans, but if they don't meet all the codes there is no point.  

@Shanel WigginsI wouldn't automatically discount the deal as being bad, but I wouldn't be shocked if there's something there that you didn't expect.