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How to Quickly Remove Wallpaper with Wagner 705 Wallpaper Steamer
Buying and Using the Wagner 705 Wallpaper Steamer The next step for the dining room remodel is to remove the wall paper. Now I have heard horror stories about removing wall paper, so I went back to the...
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VA and the Bank Delaying the Sale of the Foreclosed House
Our real estate lady decided to go on vacation so she left a number of another real estate lady that would handle anything that would come up on our counter offer for the house. She said that she would...
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Closing on the VA Foreclosed House
The signed paperwork finally came in so we officially are buying a house contingent on the house passing the home inspection. Having that in your offer is really good escape clause if you don’t want to...
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First Thing to Do When You Take Possession of Your New House
Now that we have possession of the house, the first thing that we did was change the locks on the door. This is a good idea because being a foreclosure, you never know who has a copy of the keys to the...
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Foreclosed Home Dining Room Remodeling Project
Now that we have the carpets out and we have reduced the “foreclosure smell” (cat urine) smell, now it is time to move to the dining room. The dining room had this really nasty looking green vinyl on...
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Why I Am Doing This: The Background
This site is devoted to documenting the process of buying a foreclosed house at a major discount and turning it into out dream home. Well maybe it is not exactly our dream home but pretty close to what...
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Beginning the Foreclosure Home Search
We decided to begin our new home search with a few goals and conditions. First, we wanted to find a home closer to my spouses work to eliminate an 40 minute drive each way. Second, I was still...
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Finding A Good Real Estate Agent When Buying a Foreclosed House
OK, we have given up on buying a foreclosed house in Greenfield and want to buy a home in New Castle. I have a new job and my wife will probably go part time or quit her job when she finishes her...
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The Best Place to Buy a Foreclosed House to Renovate
Now that we have chosen to stay in the area that we have lived in for most of our lives and that we know what the good neighborhoods to live in, we can really shorten the search. When we were looking...
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Finding the Right Foreclosed House to Renovate
So we emailed Julia with two houses that we wanted to see on Saturday. Both houses are foreclosures and are empty, so they are easy to get in to see. We have friends that looked at one of these house...
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How to Determine What to Offer on a Foreclosed House
So we decided we want to make an offer on the second house we looked at. Now it comes down to trying to figure what we are wanting to spend, what we think we have to put into the house to do the...
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VA and the Bank Delaying the Sale of the Foreclosed House
Our real estate lady decided to go on vacation so she left a number of another real estate lady that would handle anything that would come up on our counter offer for the house. She said that she would...
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First Thing to Do When You Take Possession of Your New House
Now that we have possession of the house, the first thing that we did was change the locks on the door. This is a good idea because being a foreclosure, you never know who has a copy of the keys to the...
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Why I Am Doing This: The Background
This site is devoted to documenting the process of buying a foreclosed house at a major discount and turning it into out dream home. Well maybe it is not exactly our dream home but pretty close to what...
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Finding A Good Real Estate Agent When Buying a Foreclosed House
OK, we have given up on buying a foreclosed house in Greenfield and want to buy a home in New Castle. I have a new job and my wife will probably go part time or quit her job when she finishes her...
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How to Determine What to Offer on a Foreclosed House
So we decided we want to make an offer on the second house we looked at. Now it comes down to trying to figure what we are wanting to spend, what we think we have to put into the house to do the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
VA and the Bank Delaying the Sale of the Foreclosed House
Our real estate lady decided to go on vacation so she left a number of another real estate lady that would handle anything that would come up on our counter offer for the house. She said that she would...
View ArticleClik here to view.
First Thing to Do When You Take Possession of Your New House
Now that we have possession of the house, the first thing that we did was change the locks on the door. This is a good idea because being a foreclosure, you never know who has a copy of the keys to the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Why I Am Doing This: The Background
This site is devoted to documenting the process of buying a foreclosed house at a major discount and turning it into out dream home. Well maybe it is not exactly our dream home but pretty close to what...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Finding A Good Real Estate Agent When Buying a Foreclosed House
OK, we have given up on buying a foreclosed house in Greenfield and want to buy a home in New Castle. I have a new job and my wife will probably go part time or quit her job when she finishes her...
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