just received a call from a seller who informed me that he wants to sell but the property had over 100k in violations unpermitted work he had done on the property. It's this a run situation or can it be worked out? T...

My partner and I found an abandoned house on a slighly busy street, good area. We went there to notice it had a notice from the state saying its inhabitable, basically shut down. It had alot of fire damage to it as we...

What is a vacant board order? I'm trying to build my own list for mailers and from my county website I found a list of violations tagged "vacant board order". My assumption is this is a list of houses that have been r...

Hello all,I am trying to buy a building which is a stand alone parcel within a large strip mall. The strip mall is more than 80% vacant. The CC&Rs were filed 10 years ago by company A. Company A sold the strip mal...

I have been trying to put together some deals lately but it seems the properties I am getting have so many liens and violations attached to them that everytime I have a buyer it comes back too much? I am curious a...

Hi BPrs,I just got a letter from the city attorney stating that i have a warrant out for my arrest and charged with "criminal housing violations"...however i had filied the evictions before the city even came out and ...

Hey all,I am currently in the hunt for my first deal in Miami and plan to house hack. I found what a home where the numbers would work for me, however there is a setback violation. Pretty much the previous owners adde...

I've obtained a list of code enforcement violation for nearly 200 properties. I'd say about  85% of the list is workable (as in they are residential buildings that investors might want to purchase and/or not totally c...

Hello All,I am looking for a purchase in Chicago and came across a 2 Flat with an illegal (ahem .... non-conforming) basement unit since the ceiling is too low.  Worst case scenario, it will need to be de-converted an...

The PM company was awarded a judgement against a former tenant. The Pm later went out of business. I then filed a motion to substitute party so I could collect from the tenant. The tenant was notified of my filing, fa...