Tips on buying a fixer upper home:
1. Ugly duckling in the neighborhood.
2. Neighborhood with good schools.
3. Taxes owed on property.
4. Probate property.
5. Absentee landlord.
6. Of course, foreclosure, BK or short sale.
7. Divorce situation.
8. Great floor plan
9. Roomy master bedroom.
10. Two or more baths, one of which is roomy.