:I hate to say it but I think she is covering up the lie she told you the first time.Yes, and if it's five days to close,closing documents could have ink drying and you can't change those with an addendum and no one wants to redo them, so expect to go to closing in your name, IMO.As to changing it later on, using a quit claim will weaken the chain of title, better to use a Special Warranty Deed subject to existing financing

This will then build up your experience level as well as confidence in investing.

Read the book "Deals on Wheels" by Lonnie Scruggs and look at investing in mobile homes to build up your investment funds.

Generally, bowing walls like this are caused by static pressure, which is essentially the pressure buildup of water in the soil on the other side of the wall.

Driving for dollars is a great way to build up a solid (private) list of potential sellers but you never know the sellers motivation just by driving by... not all ugly houses want to sale and not every home owner with a nice home is in a great financial situation.

You can do this a few times and build up you cash reserves.

I hope to build up a nice portfolio of SFH's, eventually I want to get into 4 units etc.

I don't see a topical application of epoxy or any other "sealer" as a solution as the adhesion is usually not enough to seal against the vapor pressures that build up over time.

So, unless the owner is giving you this money each month or puts it into a capital reserve account or does a major capital expense project while you have the property, then you can't really deduct the capital expenses because you're not receiving them to build up your reserve.Mike

I like to build up a system from scratch so that I understand it.