If you did the work yourself, you saved labor but you still purchased the materials so your basis for the depreciation should be assisted by that portion.

Make sure you assume your tax bill will reflect the new purchase price.

If interested, they will set out some parameters from which they can assist you.

If you buy a new primary requiring a loan, then the loan application must reflect that and indeed you must occupy the property as your primary residence. if that is indeed what you state, then under "Purpose of loan" click "Purchase" and under "Property will be" click "Primary Residence".

Happy to assist you or answer any questions you might have with this growing market.

Any contractor recommendations to assist with determining rehab costs for these properties would also be extremely helpful.

I may be able to assist depending on your needs.

People jokingly talk about a certain person's proposal to basically give everyone $15k in down payment assistance if they're a first time buyer and not rich, saying that all it's going to do is instantly inflate real estate by $15k across the board.

Ask agents to assist/ kick in and pressure5.

I see a number of starting points:The current owner hasn't been seen for at least 5 years -- the over-grown lot reflects this.He's almost two years behind in his property tax payments, so the county will be taking some action in the near future.