@Kenton Guidry - start by reading this thread, including my posts there: Any help for a newbie wanting to start off a real estate adventureThere are plenty of people who do flipping - figure out a problem you can solve for them and they will gladly accept you to shadow them.

This reminds me about the other day when I heard some agents debating about if you should accept less than 6% and one of them had the audacity to say "you wouldn't negotiate with a doctor would you"... like gtfo!

making the tenant aware of their obligation or upcoming obligation is more than acceptable imho.  

Cash for keys teaches them that not paying, not abiding by the lease, or not taking care of the unit is not only acceptable behavior but behavior they get rewarded for.  

Accept the property as, with no central air as his lease is written.

In fact, AirDNA is so accurate that many lenders will now accept a AirDNA estimate (for non-declining markets) as evidence of sufficient qualifying income on many DSCR (Debt Service Coverage Ratio) loans and mortgages.

I don't accept anyone with evictions, period. 

All deals and problems have a number that works, its just a matter of getting the number accepted. 

“Few, if any lenders are going to accept this secondary lien position,” real estate agent Then said, so the tax-lien associated with the HERO improvements will have to be paid off, in most cases, at the time a sale closes or the mortgage is refinanced.The question becomes, who will pay it?

They accepted terms for creative financing for 1 year allowing me time to improve rents and refinance with very little down payment.