It may cost you a few more dollars, but you can simply state that in your offer.

A decent home inspector will catch this, identify it to his client, and you'll have a buyer who is wondering where else you may have cut corners...

I am trying to figure on costs of rehab as well as what to offer on home - ( I would reside in Home there after as owner occupant ) it needs the following from what i can see.. x2 for two floors/ apts- 43 replacement windows- 43 Square of Roof- a Rather Large Tree Limbs Hanging over roof cut- 4 Exterior Doors with storm doors- 6 Exterior doors with no storm doors- Raise Porch Rails to code ( another ft or so ) Porch in front is 50 ft & rear Porches 30 ft- Fix Front wooden stairs @ 5-6 ft wide- Fix Water entering basement thru Bull Ked ( add a drain or pour concrete )- Pour Concrete in Three car garage floor ( is dirt now )- Needs Heating & Hot water, and baseboard heat up two floors ( two new furnaces and FHW baseboard brought up two stories )- Electrical service upgrade from 60 amps old knob and tub to breakers and also bring up two floors adding new elec service in whole building adding plugs in all rooms plus washer and dryer hookups - 2 Panels, and move it to outside from basement..- New sub floors in Kitchens where needed , and then Linoleum floors in kitchen- Total Cleanout 3-4 Roll Off Dumpsters for left behind junk- Linoleum in pantry 4x8- 2 Bathrooms - Needs new linoleum and 1 needs Sub floor- Bathroom walls - rip off old plastic tile in one and make drywall and paint - Ba 2 Needs Rip off wall paper and skim and paint2 - Living room Kitchen & (2) Dining Room and 3 (6)Bed rooms Refinish Hardwood floors on ea floor so x22- Living rooms, kitchen and dining rooms, remove wall paper and skim coat, and paint all walls and ceilings2 - Living Rooms and windows remove all trim and replace with new and paint ( lead Paint )2 - Repair Bathroom Ceilings and Pantry Ceilings and then paint6 Bedrooms Fix Drywall, paint walls and ceilings2 Bathrooms install bathtub wall panels2 - Install Kitchen Cabinets , and countertops, and Sink in both pantrys2- Install Dishwashers including pipe, drains and elec in two pantries2 - Over stove - More cabinets in Kitchen @ 6 ft top and bottom with countertops2 Install washer and dryer hookups after bringing power to locationApprox 150-200 ft of Asbestos removal in basementalso what is the lead time to do all this..?

Same risks.Lots you can do... you can simply birddog if you want to, no risk there.What are your goals?

There is simply too much money already available to put your organization at risk.

Chris - I just booted someone from the site yesterday who wrote just like that; the person writing the nonsense posts was based in the Philippines and was simply posting garbage in order to get visibility for her signature.

Another option is simply to procure portfolio loans from banks with similar durations and heightened rates (relative to FNMA money) to finance projects that are not taken subject-to.

There is nothing wrong with that.It sounds like the realtor you mentioned found a lead on his own and wants to sell the five houses, make a cut of the proceeds and not share with the broker, correct?

Simply, I would reduce my offer equal to the amount of the repair cost below what I would pay if there was no need to do the repair.

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