It is a complete gut job and is the only vacant home on the block.I would like to do my homework on the place before I make a move, so my question is: How can I research liens (Utility, mechanics, etc.) on the property?

Just Don,When I asked her were the mechanical systems working, the agent said she paid to have the house winterized around the time winter started.

My question is regarding the mechanics of the transactions... 1.

(Mechanics, Millwrights, Machinists, Heavy Equipment Operators, Welders, Truck Drivers)

However, I have seen deficiencies arise outside of bankruptcy but that is more of a deed-in-lieu situation.Ron S. bankruptcy does not always remove all liens (i.e. judicial liens, mechanics liens, tax liens etc.).

If the roof, driveway, foundation and mechanicals are solid, three or four thousand may be just fine to start and sleep at night.

Turn key companies get better costs on mechanicals like AC, furnace etc.4.

Some of those are mickey mouse $300 here, $500 there overgrown grass, rotted soffit, broken windows etc...But there are two major ones.An illegal enclosure of a second floor with a fine of $500 a day dating back to 2011.Unpermitted mechanical plumbing and electrical conversion at $273 a day dating back to 2011.One of them total $147,000.00, the other total $395,000.00 as of December 2012.

What finance mechanism or institution will you use? 

Importantly, we steered the end-buyer toward our title company so that the transaction mechanics wouldn't get overly complicated.