If it's necessary for you to partner with someone to put the deal together, you want to find someone with verifiable experience of doing whatever type of project you decide on, and really understands the local process.

If it meets code and you get an estoppel letter to verify those rents, and the issues Ned pointed pass, I'd just say yes, fine, let's close!

Have the owner verify what he owes, by getting a pay off from his bank.

I don't accept counters to the counter, my highest and best is stated, take it or leave it, and if it goes above the price to a match and call, I have the right to verify the validity of the offer I'm beating, not the name of the other buyer, but seeing the contract with the name marked out and the ability to audit that trail to determine if it was in fact a valid offer.

You would verify this by reading the existing promissory note.

A quick search on your localities website or a phone call or email to Codes/Compliance can verify any code issues.

Three days before closing found out her loan would not be approved due to not being able to verify income.Sold price was $167,500.Contract Three: Sold within two weeks at $167,000.

My impassioned plea remains the same:If anyone has verifiable information that propels my quest in compiling supportived documentation that will give my case credibility I would surely apprciate it!

VERIFY their expenses (or everything really).

How are you going to verify that the costs are reasonable, that he's being efficient, that he's doing everything legally and up to code and that you're not getting ripped off (intentionally or unintentionally)?