Aside from the refinancing, and depending on the location, they'll probably be worth more as individual units that could be sold to owner occupants.

Successor trustees suggest a change has occurred.A word of caution: my experience with the private fiduciary community is that they are a different animal; more so than any other group I deal with.

Hvac, individual or chillers, when replaced.

Even if you buy an ideal property to begin with, things can happen that change the market, like school rezoning or a new neighborhood is built out front full of condos, etc., that makes the neighborhood less appealing.

Ideally, I would love to purchase one property before year's end.

@Eric - It would be ideal if I could get inspected and pass; however assuming the worst case scenario I'm guessing it has been renovated with minor code violations, which is why the listed price is slightly below the comps.

Prior to this, I only purchased individual notes.My real problem is that my friend and attorney died.

Ideally, with someone in the area.6.

Ideally I'd like to find a broker that might charge on a "per deal" basis.

To close, I say great credit because some individuals credit was minimally lower due to having such a high credit score before the short sale.