Clearly, in your specific case, the seller performed DD and fond you to be more than credit worthy, this a feeling of comfort.

Michael Wentzel is there a local attorney that you know of that is comfortable with the paperwork involved with "subject to" purchase deals?

I feel more comfortable upgrading prior to attempting to sell, unless of course the house does not need that much cosmetic surgery.

.- How will the people living in the unit treat the place - Checking with past landlords and making an assessment of the people should answer that question.If their previous place was taken well taken care of and you feel comfortable with the church as the guarantor, I would have no problems.My two cents.Oren

It came up and earlier in the day we had decided not to bid because we found out the owner had over $10,000 in back child support and we weren't sure of the rules with child support and tax deed sales.

Personally, I would not feel comfortable with that - but that's me.If this is a 200K home now, what was it worth when she got her last mortgage?

Your job is to determine how big of a segment that is in your area (will depend on lots of factors), and then determine if you're comfortable trying to sell a house where the buyer segment is that much smaller than the total buyer pool.

Hey Josh,I love parent and child teams in business, REI and others.

Or if you can show a track record of closing deals the seller may feel more comfortable.

Of course, I will typically wait a few business days to feel comfortable that there will be no rescission of the sale.