According to the county taxes they paid $345k 2 years ago.

My boyfriend is under contract for this property in Forestville, CA: https://www.redfin.com/CA/Forestville/6530-Covey-R... 6530 Covey Road in Forestville, CA in Sonoma County, California - wine country or the greater San Francisco Bay Area.

I looked on my county appraiser's website, and I believe she owes about $500 in taxes on the property. 

I was born and raised here in Broward County.

Stilwell is a newer area and it's far south from the heart of Johnson County.

Some CU's do better LTV's for HELOC's fyi, depending on county tax appraisal.

It is hard to find deals that meet 1%  rule in Hudson county. 0.75% sounds okay.

So I live in Henry County GA, I was fortunate enough to be able to buy another house before selling my first one.

As you are asking the question, I would guess that you know that a leaking oil tank can / will open up world of issues; Phase 1, Phase 2, remediation, retesting and who knows what else.You could purchase it subject to all remediation done by the seller and certification of cleanup by the fire dept / county / state (who ever has juristriction on this).Alternativley, you could be willing to invest in the testing / consultants necessary to scope the problem (with no guarrantee that they are 100% correct) and then make offer taking the results into account.Until you know the scope of the problem, you can not know the cost to fix it  so unless you have done this before and have deep pockets, making any offer is very high risk.Oren

But he downgraded his house in Orange County to move in a condo so he can use the excess cash to invest in the mid west.. fortunate enough he has someone like me who he can trust to manage his properties.