However, after the inspection was completed, there will need to be about 15K(contractor's quick estimate) of repairs that should be done either asap or in the near future.The offer stated to buy the property "As is" so I am not sure if there is room for negotiatiation.

Reading what you're accomplishing is so close to what I want to do that I just had to write.

Here's something to consider, one of the reasons lenders require down payment is so that the investor has money of things start to go south.

To be realistic however, there are reasons there are no HUD Code homes in Hawaii, where the cost of site building is so high.

When you opened the door, the light came on.Three different Woman looked at the house, and they all said the same thing:I wish I had lights in my closets, that is so nice.Raymond

I'll guess that several of those 24 are probably owned by the same entity so you can just send 1 letter to them.BTW my first move would be to contact the ones that are listed.They are the only ones indicating they actually want to sell their lots.You would be in a pretty strong negotiating position in my opinion since you can always use the "Why should I buy your lot when I can go talk to these other 5 guys with basically the same dirt as you do." argument.You also can point out that those 17 other lots have sold much lower (assuming that the listed ones are at much higher prices than these sold at) than they want, so why do they think that their dirt is so much more valuable?

No, they did not have permission and yes the lease prohibits "modifications" which I guess this is - so they will be paying for that as well!

I'm sure I'd recognize your face, if I saw you, but the pic is so small that I don't know.I think there are still fantastic buy-and-hold deals in Atlanta, but you have to know where to look and you need cash.Hope your Atlanta investing is working for youMichaela

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