I built my last home, a 3300 sq foot colonial on a a full height walk out basement (12" block) all for $218K, that's without the land or septic system.

There was this 23" deep oak vanity with an ugly cultured marble top blocking the flow into the bathroom.

We are considering buying a block of town homes, specifically 8 townhomes built as 3 plexs.

Like all the books say "look for the worst house on the best block" that way with a little bit of improvement your ahead of the game.

And the pain part of sales is rejection.

What a pain in the ...!

Heard from a real estate agent this morning:House down the block from mine, listed at $385k, accepted a good offer of $345k.

He mentions how its a pain to deal with tenants and how they distroy his property.

I just completed a shortsale with ocwen, even though trying to get updates from them where a pain and them putting you on schedule calls every 5 to 7 days.I was able to neg my shortsale on a house that was worth 245k to 85k.When the service providers switched from chase to ocwen the whole process to3 months to complete

Check to see what is included with each contractor, usually on the coolant the service will come with up to 1 lbs of freon included or some amount so for those that don't make sure you know how much they charge for it if they do add any.The benefit to you and the power company is that the unit cools more efficiently because any of the grime in the coils blocks the transfer of hot/cold and the low freon level will make the unit work harder and runs longer to cool the same amount.