I was really surprised because the neighborhood was amazing and the house only needed cosmetics on the inside and massive landscaping on the outside.I spent a few more hours and drove around more “high glam” popular neighborhoods and found quite a few more just like this – with the mysterious white stickers and ghostly appearances of an extreme lack of human care.

You simply can not do what ever you like in any kind of real estate contract.....depends on what you "like".For example, you'll be violating HUD regs which carry the weight of law if you put a tennant in a rental under Section 8 and count any of those funds toward a purchase price.Having someone waive financing contingencies in a sale contract is one thing and while it certainly is not illegal to do so, you have certainly placed a limitation on the buyer.

More experienced brokers may receive more latitude after establishing a history of revenues, which carries additional weight.

While housing markets across the country continue to struggle under the weight of overly tight lending conditions and other challenges, the April IMI indicates that just over 100 individual metros are showing measurable and consistent signs that they are headed in the right direction," said NAHB Chairman Barry Rutenberg.

Hard money loans have grown more popular in recent years for purchasing and rehabbing investment properties.

I am not referring to the lender who you might get a loan with for the report to purchase.I am talking about a banking institution that is looking at whether or not to foreclose on a property they have a loan on.I run into this with commercial property when I am doing short sales.The bank will order full appraisals every 2 to 3 months or so and the environmental I would put weight on how old the report is from.The phase 1 reports I have been provided by the asset managers on these short sales are very detailed by a professional company (some up to 60 pages long or longer).The point is you can get a copy of this report sometimes which is a bonus for a buyer looking to purchase.After viewing a report a buyer can decide if they want to pay for a more involved report or pay for another phase 1 by a different party.

Here is one of the most popular investor-focused closing attorneys in the Atlanta metro area:http://atlantareia.com/biographies/john-maurer/If it's an investor transaction and he can't get it done, you probably won't be able to find anyone else in the area who can...

Timing the market is popular for stocks, but it oes not really work.As for real estate, whatever was true in the past may not have any meaning in the future.You can gather all the opinions you want, but it will not make you any money.

FSBO websites are just so popular that a lot of homeowners that can afford it will use it.

Since you are not in any position to carry the weight of such a partnership I don't think you influencing him is beneficial to either of you.I think as you investigate the issue you'll find that it's not teh way to go.