And if it has been closed down for any length of time, you might have to fight zoning battles from ground zero.

Most builders find land zoned for their use, rather than fight the battle they will probably lose anyway in trying to rezone.

The market will be in full swing when June rolls around so get ready to fight for deals.

If you're not in the market every day you might not believe it but that house would get multiple offers if it was listed at 190k and people would be fighting to own it.

Jesse just like HUD usually you will have an occupancy rider that you sign at closing which is a legal document that states you will live in the property.If you do not then lender could claim mortgage fraud against you.FHA is 3.5% down for a reason.You will fight harder to save a place you live in and lenders know this.With investments you do not occupy they want more down to limit the risk you will walk away and default.

In real life, you don't have the same issues they seem to have each time, ie fight and cuss out with contractors, and the major added expenses of items uncovered after the purchase.That said, in real life rehabbing, you WILL have extra expenses each and every time, no matter how long you have done this or how good you are.

Our attorney is fighting the thing and there is roughly $100k in red meat in the deal so I hope we can get the thing fixed.

And I'm also willing to take the risk that this guy is even motivated/crazy enough to try and fight any of this in court.T-minus 69 hours and counting, I'll let you guys know how it goes.

Since they're not married, the fiancee can possibly leave if they ever get into a fight, and she can go any where.

Some people will fight me on this one, but if the seller gets a higher net and the buyer gets a house, the dual agency game can still be cleared.