The house right next door, who happens to be late and may or may not foreclose, that bank can keep their current contract and we won't force a sale there, but you, the bank that did it's due diligence and lent to the responsible payer who could afford to buy the home and has actually kept it current through the great recession, you're screwed and your books are screwed because you'll be forced to write down losses on actual current loans in your portfolio.

Entering the building the main lobby had 3 walls around it, with one door going back to the rest of the space where the workers were.

Remove front door. 3.

I've got a friend who said that an indian casino is going to be built next door to his small neigborhood (50-60 homes in neighborhood) -- the casino property will be directly adjacent to the neighborhood (as-in sharing a common boundary line).

Then 2008 came and we ended up renting out our old house just 3 doors away.

There was a notice on the garage door and the front door stating something to the effect of "this house has been deemed to be empty and reported."

Bank denied my offer, they are doing "highest and best" even though I offered the sale price of an equiv unit 2 doors down that sold last month.

replace stove/dishwasher ( used / discount items )bathroom - replace old bathtub optionscan the bathtub be "resurfaced" since it is stained ?

It's so difficult to get ANY response from contractors that it leaves the door open for the more unscrupulous contractors to take advantage of people.I recently bought a house for $13k that needed all of the usual repairs of a typical distressed property.

The screen door was hanging off.