This went better and honestly I felt like people breaking leases should have a consequence.

I know Massachusetts has a reputation of being tougher to deal with removing tenants, so I'm concerned about this dragging out much further than 10/1.

I will also re-post numbers as we had to sharpen our pencils a few additional times.Question though, My contractor that I have is a very well know, and reputable business man.

This is an area that saw a lot of new development during the last bubble and has consequently had a lot of foreclosures of newly built houses.

In that case your reputation is on the line as well as energy and costs so if you decided to take on such a listing you stand firm on your pricing structure for your commission or you pass on taking the listing.I always look at how much work will have to be put in and what will the return be on that investment??

This is a great lesson to that "investor" that contracts are more than just casual agreement, and that he needs to understand his responsibilities and live up to them (or suffer the consequences).

I understand the concern here, and its a risky move, however the seller has a good reputation.

If you know any reputable companies here in San Antonio please let me know.

If the tenant was breaking rules or skirting the system or not paying rent, I would, of course, not hesitate to enforce any and all consequences -- for example, I would never waive a late fee or anything like that.

Until I build a reputation of being able to buy on a bigger scale, I don't want to build a reputation of NOT being able to buy at all.