To leave it with the property owner might cause some individual homeowners to lose their home but then an investor that can handle fixing the problem will be able to benefit and restore the home to functionality.

I've even sent post cards, advertising the property, to individuals who bought property in the area within the last 6 months.

Thanks Dion,As I dig deeper into this situation, I also found that there is a law suit against the individual.

If there are individual meters, you wouldn't be eating this whole house renovation right now.

So far :~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Be involved & successfully close at least 4 – 5 transaction per quarter.Reduce my personal debt by at least 34%.Keep removing negative individuals out of my personal space.Keep moving forward with my plans to purchase multi-family properties.Increase my personal net income by at least 21%Spend at least one week in Florida ( Disney )Work on obtaining broker license and CCIM.Spend one or two days volunteering my time.Read and learn from at least five real estate books per quarter.Work on business plan.Enhance my personal physique.

Joining some local real estate groups will expose you to individuals who can provide you with local investors.

I have been talking to a lot of the locals on the site and plan to start some meetings with like-minded individuals when I move back to VB in a couple of months.

i have to agree with j scott, he has a great list. i find, most individuals want a turn-key operation. they want something that is 100% ready to move in after closing. anything short of that, and people want you to deduct huge amounts from the asking price.

Again point well taken on individual goals.

My agent (& I love her dearly) hates him & prefers a useless individual that I used once but never again.