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If I pay $50K today, and it cash flows at $500 a month and I sell it in 20 years, when it's paid off and I want to retire, even if the market is bad, and it STILL is worth $50K in the market, I still win.

Anything you can keep out of a dumpster is win win for everyone.

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Getting your money back will be costly and time consuming, and thats only if obvious that the pm faulted If you didn't "authorize" the work and it still improved your home, you're more than likely not getting all your money back even if you win, and then how long will all that take??

For a judgement we would have to take them to small claims court and win.

Also, make the equation a win/win for whomever the business card goes to by adding a referral fee.  

End game is to get as much $$$ as you can from the seller, anything over 1/2 wins you the "K-Town" negotiator of the month award, but even if you have to bite the bullet and pay for the entire thing, still sounds like a win for the area!

I have learned that there is a lot of money to be made in Middle Eastern markets if you know how to play the game, who the players are, and work within your skill set.

It was a win-win-win!