I had my real estate license before i became market director for a financial giant managing a sales force of 50 financial professionals.

In addition to the great responses so far, I'd like to add this one: Polybutylene pipes (plastic tube plumbing that are prone to bursting) Most notably used in the 1990s but some pre-1990s homes may have it I believe.  

., "handyman" (special), "cash only", "fixer", "TLC", etc.A lot of people recommend looking off market, but those are a grind to find, and usually not do-able for an agent looking for a client, under the client's desired timeline.The MLS, conversely, is a giant database which you can set up saved searches in, kind of perfect for an agent trying to help a client make a purchase with specific criteria.

Actually it was my CPA that used Legal Zoom him and he states that he works with them for a decade or more.So say they are not able to provide me what I want and given that no referrals allowed here, how can i find a shark RE attorney and check review about him/here?

Because of this, we were not able to pull out 75% LTV until the house has been in our names for 6 months unless we decided to do a commercial loan.

This seems to involve less work, and it seems to me possibly less risky vs. somehow picking a bad contractor and getting screwed since I'm not able to be on site. 

Maybe build in 50 or so giant mailboxes which can be assigned daily to whoever gets a package, with some kind of electronic key.  

Kids love it cause its a giant house where they can party and not get in trouble. 

----but you would certainly want to verify that with Kansas Tax Officials/check the statute BEFORE you do any work because you may not able to recoup your cost if the property is redeemed within the (2) Two Year Statutory Redemption Period.Finally, I am not absolutely sure, if after you have a Kansas Deed, whether or not you can "Place a Private Property Sign in the Yard" or not, but it may be a "very good idea" ----- if in fact you are able to do so (Hmm!)

(I had expected replies with defensive tones because I was not able to communicate the proper diplomacy.)