As far as I am concerned whoever bought this house 10 months ago only put about $3,000.00 into it.

Since you are concerned about closing costs, you could consider not buying down the rate and thus reducing the costs to close.Another consideration is leveraging more and not putting as large of a downpayment. $212,000 loan @80%30 year fixed, fully amortizing using our Paper Saver process - like stated income but no charge for it6.375% would cost you 1.00% discount point - 6.532% APR$819.80 total lender feesIf you consider an 80/5/15 - where you put 15% down instead of 20%$212,000 loan @80%30 year fixed, fully amortizing6.375% would cost you 1.00% discount point - 6.532%APR$819.80 total lender fees2nd lien of $13,2508.375% would cost you 1.00% discount point ($132.50) 8.513%APRno extra lender fees on the second.So you save $13,250 and have an additional monthly payment on that second of $100.71 per month which means you break even in almost 11 years.

Contract for deed has case law and the penalties are extremely severe for infractions.

I have concern with a real estate agent who is showing you properties, especially unique properties, without you having been pre-approved through a lender already.

I've seen people pay over $40,000 on foundation repair due to extreme negligence3) What other issues need to be corrected to prevent a reoccurrence?

If you're REALLY concerned then you also might consider doing the maintenance yourself and charging for this service as part of the rent.

I think part of the problem is they're extremely busy.

Didn't count on so many opinions....Well the dishwasher was kind of a concern...I dont care too much about later, because I'm selling it right away.

The traffic to and from it should not directly affect me except as to noise, and I don’t know that would be a big problem, though it does concern me.

these forums are a real draw and they're extremely popular - and useful to draw traffic to the respective site...