The sandwhich lease-option can be a real pain with marginal buyers and they simply may not be as profitable as you initially think after dealing with issues over a 3 year contract or longer, it get's wose if you fail too. :)

Trying to rent a place between November and January is a painful process.

2) Envelope - you indicated the windows are original: This likely means single pain, built in-place wooden sliders or single hung.

I feel your pain.

Hi Michele,Sorry for your pain.

It can be a pain, but they should give you the number.

Find the administrator and heirs and send a letter to all of them to offering to take the property 'as is'.Thirdendarily, get a private/hard money lender in place should they accept your offer.

There's some painful truth in this thread.

When grout is installed if it is not wiped clean off the surface of the tile it becomes a major pain.

Pretty simple here.Some things I would look into FIRST however are:1) Make sure that everyone is on board to sell at your price and willing to sign the contract.2) Check to make sure at least one person among the heirs have decent credit and thus will be able to get the surety bond needed to become Administrator of the estate (that's how it works here.