Sounds like these owners took the issue seriously and performed a proper remediation for $40K but you don't know.

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I'm a full time investor performing rehabs and new builds, now ramping up marketing to find better deals.

Evictions can be one of the worst things to disrupt the performance of a rental property.

Now it's up for foreclosure auction with the sheriff.Property 2, maybe someone bought it before the auction, or someone bought the note and got the note re-performing, and removed it from the auction.Good luck!

A consultant is required to perform a thorough home inspection to do the complete work write-up.

I was trying to justify that I wasn't walking into a blackhole, and I appreciate the optimism.

While the property still performs well enough without a RUBS, the cost of water never seems to go down so that has me concerned I've missed the boat (no pun intended) and will always be playing catch up.

A seller wants to sell as if the property is already performing at the full potential and they call it "value-add".Not all properties sell this way.