As bad as the real estate market is, it can (and probably will) get a lot worse.

It wouldnt make a difference most places just require a bigger deposit for bad credit.

I had to find a team the hard way... testing them...because even the bad contractors/workers came with good references.

People make very bad decisions based on emotion.Get educated about the local laws and your recourse and make a logical decision.Good luck!

Would it be better to just ditch the one with the bad credit even though she can bring a significant investment to the table?

I was thinking about buying it at 100,000 so I went to look at it again, the people moved out and turns out they were hiding some things with there furniture, Im doing a FHA loan and the house would not have passes inspection there were quite a few repairs done by the home owner that were done pretty badly and were not up to code.

-Ron LeGrandIn reference to buying a marginal deal: "What's the difference between a good haircut and a bad haircut?

Hello Sounds bad, but there is always a solution.

Forensic loan auditing is a bad move, in my opinion, because once you call out the legal dogs, the lender is defensive, not cooperative, although the lawyers say otherwise, of course.

The list of bad things possible can go on forever.