The realtor I'm working with says there most likely squatters in the house (junker cars in the yard, black plastic on the window on the bedroom side, one window is open = lack of power/lack of a/c).I'm still willing to buy to fix up and flip, for the right price, assuming I can either be assured of the property is vacant, or there is a low-cost, efficient eviction process in Columbus, GA.I appreciate any advice from people with experience on evicting squatters in GA.

As in any kind of outbuilding with water and power, a pool house that you can convert, bedrooms upstairs that you could add an exterior staircase to, a home with a big lot that would work for bringing a tiny home in.

We have fixed multiple areas of the house including electrical, plumbing, added washers and dryers, added solar powered security lights, built an office, built a patio which increased the value of the house.

Egressed a basement window to code, expanded master bedroom, built island, added dishwasher, added new washer/dryer set, sewer repair, new electrical box.

Maybe pull HELOCs out on those properties for when the market corrects itself and you can have some instant purchasing power at your disposal.

It's got foundatuon issues, the roof is probably shot, the electrical was ran by Edison himself, and the Greeks did the plumbing.

Thinking about cash out refi for some more buying power..

Baby flippers think contractors are desperate for jobs and treat them like handymen (not that I think handymen are low value, they are also so important) and always say I am going to do so many jobs with you, can you just give me an estimate only to find out the baby flipper has a 10k reno budget and this is a 75k reno and then they think the contractor is trying to juice them because they only think cosmetic and don't understand plumbing, electric, foundation, etc.

The home needs gutted (Done), complete electrical and plumbing and foundational (leveling floors)work.

It still has structural and electrical warranties in place.