Hey @Ben Oestrike, I've been asked this question and as a lender, I would not lend funds for a sheriff sales. 

So, you could just increase the cost of the project to pay for this repair.

Curious if this pricing strategy was not obvious to the many buyers agents that made the effort to submit an offer.

This is legal and will get the job done.

Hey there,I'm interested in utilizing private money lending for financing while I save up to use my own capital along with Hard Money Lending.

In either case, you can't live on the property or otherwise use it for personal use.6.

My wife and I purchased our first rental property here in Maui in June of 2023 to use as an STR as it was a consistent market, numbers worked, and we live 5 minutes away from the property so self-managing made sense! 

You are over thinking this.

Quote from @David Ramirez: Call remodeled comps in the area that has been bought and sold within a year Especially for this method, you can paste the addresses in propwire and look in the chain of title to see the last owner before it was sold after being fixed up.

A small leak in the hot tub and decks that could use a good staining are on the list.