Shuman  as invested a ton into the city, really nice guy, hopefully they find the parties responsible for the fire.

Personally, I have foreign investors on my projects and I'm quite conservative with projections, but always looking for local intel to make my numbers more accurate. 

Ultimately I am an opportunistic investor who wants to be conservative on his first few deals as I have a young family and see success as more likely the longer I can stay in the game.

If the home has been vacant for 12 years, lets assume at LEAST $15,000 in repairs (VERY conservative)

How can we structure the deal in a way that we can do the repairs ourselves without the risk of either party losing out in case the deal falls through?

To help lower the cost of the water try switching to low flow toilets, water conserving faucets and shower heads.

Hi - I'm looking for some advice on resolving a SDIRA issue:My Self Directed IRA made a unsecured loan to an individual (not a disqualified party).The borrower is unable to repay the loan according to the terms of the note.

Both parties can commission their own attorney or use a Realtor to draft a sale agreement.

Each title company presents their 'offer to insure' called a preliminary report, subject to their interpretatation of status of title and their list of exceptions, if any, which are the 'fine print'.Generally, prior to a quiet title or other lawsuit requiring notice to other parties of interest (including creditors) a litigation guarantee is the product offered, naming all those parties that requiring noticing, including any government agencies. 

Rate lock for six years and then annual resets thereafter sounds like a lot of risk Put bluntly, don't assume that you, or I, or anyone, can accurately predict where the market is going and in turn, where interest rates are heading.  6 years is a long way out, with a whole host of impacting events in the middle of it (Euro-zone issues, an election cycle and new president, potentially a new party being elected, etc.).