The offer never came of anything and the property got lost in either the bank or county's system.

Buy with cash, fix up, rent and take out the equity.First, You have a system that seems to be working (at least on the first property).

The only thing they took was the copper from the air handler on the HVAC system.

BP Podcast 044: Creating Systems to Flip Houses While Still Employed with Michael WoodwardPros: Great information, lots of moments that made me smile and remember my first house.

Plumbing the existing hydronic system such that each unit has its own direct run to its corresponding boiler in the basement won't be cheap {you want to hope someone has already done this}.

My friend owns rentals in Seattle and uses Integrity Energy Systems, 425-419-4676

@Michael Woodward thank you for sharing your systems ideas--GREAT podcast!!

My understanding of the equator system is an r.e agent must log in with his license number to access it so yes, my hopes of negotiating this without an agent are shot so on to finding an agent.I understand banks trying to get as close to market value as possible but isn't our goal to point out all the costs the bank will incur should the home go into foreclosure and painting the investor purchasing the home the better option?

And the owner of the property prior to selling to the Japanese paid 1 mil to the Resolution trust to release the participation aspect of this mortgage then promptly sold it to the Japanese company ( Owner of SEga Systems) for 110 million and kept all the up side.

I know that brokers use this system telling their money guys that their funds are secured.