Thanks Wayne Brooks , Rob Witt and Scott Royer I am going to talk to the bank rep who does the sheriff sales next week to see if he can point me in the direction of the broker.

Giant shoe box of receipts, I did see an app for i phone that scans and converts to pdf file.

While you write your mother is the Personal Rep of the estate, more importantly who is the minors guardians? 

Put yourself in their shoes and think about what they would want to hear, and you are doing that.

All you need to do is research/network your way to who the hedge funds are in your area, and get a phone call or meeting with whoever their rep is.

Making the multi family a 8 bed 4 bath.This would bring the rental income to 8000/month.my guess is construction most likely will be 100-125k. what would you do if you were in my shoes?

They also typically have certain reps and warranties built in that have to be true for you to be obligated to close, like the major systems are in good operable condition, the roof is not leaking, there is no mold or lead paint, no high levels of radon, etc.

I asked my insurance rep and he said must have terrible credit.. and of course NACA deals with that kind of credit buyer.. but once you go through their program they do get you those sweat heart loans I had as the seller to buy down the buyers rate and they got a rate under 2% so on a 80k mortgage payments was really low..

Marty,I have never paid an application fee for private or hard money---and wouldn't.As far as putting some of your money into the transaction and your income profile goes; put yourself in the shoes of the the lender.

I've stood in her shoes now writing offers for clients that I've been working with for months who low ball everything and it feels like a waste.