Most investors cold call by looking through old fsbo listings in the newspaper, waste gas doing driveby's in the neighborhood, or run the same ad every investors runs: WE BUY HOUSES ANY CONDITION ANY AREA...

There was an article in this weekend's Denver Post that explained this.A scammer, often in the scammer haven of west Africa, copies your pictures and puts up an ad for a rental.

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Look for ads in the paper saying "money to loan", usually at the start of the RE section.

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I've added partners to my contracts after the contracts were accepted and haven't had a problem with that.

Even if you need a little extra on top of what you get from the proceeds of the lots you should easily be able to get a bank to do a loan at such a low LTV even if your DTI ratios are a little high.

If you had a bandit sign or an ad in the paper, you got a call from her.

If the frame is good, you might find someone that will pay extra for it after you strip the rest off.As to seven foot ceilings...you need to see what your local codes say.

However, as I said before it is smart taking extra care when you go behind other people's closed doors.Typerider - fyi, baseball bat is about all you're allowed in the People's Republic of Cook County.