However, if this sale is financed by a land contract or a mortgage to seller, and insurance proceeds shall be held in trust for the sole purpose of restoring the property.So, is the damage greater or less than 5% of your purchase price?

Do you use a all in one real estate office The ones that have their own rehab crews or do you just start buliding a team one contractor at a time.

Been lining up contractors, that must mean I'm optimistic!

Lots of good advice above, and personally, I think any of those ideas will get you the information you need...That said, in my state, any written offer must be presented to the sellers, regardless of whether it's on a state contract or not.

There's contractors with stuff to unload.

The predetory contractors I have encountered have tended to be the cheapest bids.

The plan sells the property using John's service, and now John earns a commission on the listing site, and again, that commission goes into his personal RE business account.3) Agent John, is a hands on guy and a work-aholic so he oversees the entire project and manages the contractors, and he and his wife do their own finish work.

The mayor of Sacramento (former NBA player Kevin Johnson) is an oak park native and there are significant redevelopment projects.

Is this something i should go after to put on contract?? Or

China and India are gobbling up alot of construction materials, pushing prices up and with low unemployment, contractors are charging higher rates.