What is your day job?

interesting to learn a little 'lipstick on a pig' can improve selling prospects.Thanks for sharing

Did you find a new job in the new location?

@Bryan A.Nice job, how long from start to finish? 

“Few, if any lenders are going to accept this secondary lien position,” real estate agent Then said, so the tax-lien associated with the HERO improvements will have to be paid off, in most cases, at the time a sale closes or the mortgage is refinanced.The question becomes, who will pay it?

If we decide to make an offer, is it possible to either 1.) make the sellers put the full price of repairs in escrow (even though the other unit holders will benefit from the improvement); or 2.) make the offer contingent upon the condo association putting a certain dollar amount in escrow to handle the repairs; or 3.) do a combination of 1 and 2 saying that if all of the owners don't put a certain dollar amount in escrow by a certain date then the sellers pay the full amount of forfeit the deal?

I just don't see much risk with the situation I mentioned above, unless of course I am completely without a job and wasting away my saving. 

The area around me is improving and I became interested in what it would take to buy my building.  

I'm sure there are some food service industry jobs In which you could earn $40k+ a year if you are putting in the hours while looking for a physics job.

Therefore, your purchase price + any possible renovations/improvements should be around 50,000. (2% of 50,000= 1,000). 3.