Since you don't plan to be there too much longer, if you are not going to be
moving too far way, the property sounds like it may be a good one to keep as
an investment and rent out. You said you are near a military area, so maybe
it would be a good rental for a military family.

Either way, doing the patch should be quick, easy, very inexpensive, and
maybe fun to do. You could always try that for now and decide later if you
want to do anything more.

Red Green wrote:

Trouble is this particular place is an old (30+ yrs) starter home
1200sf that will probably sell for around 80K. It was a trashed
forclosed home bought cheap, but unfortunately, before the **** hit
the fan last fall or it would have been a lot cheaper even. Many
bucks put into it to get the inside and outside in well above
condition of comps, including both heat and AC system. So, a few more
K can cut in percentage-wise.

I realize I may just have to eat this. Heck, some of these people in
parts of the country have been screwed 100k+ just doing their everyday
living thing. Some deserve it for being fools and some are victims of
the acts of the fools.

No one denies it's a buyers mkt but less so here. Being in a military
town many homes are VA. The VA never allowed home prices to skyrocket
like in many areas. The rest of the work done on this place, the
exterior and interior daily living space, is very nicely done. No
hacks or patches. New stuff from the HVAC to countertops to flooring
to lighting.

Yea I suspect these "buyer's market" people would try for new driveway
and new windows and new roof just since it's dirty and 'someday' it'll
need replacing...and whatever else they can get out of any seller.

**** happens - good ****, bad ****...but **** always happens.

Red...