Folks at lowes used to laugh and was going to give me a table so I could conductive interviews on the spot( jokingly ) Hope some of those ideas help AlexOriginally posted by @Robert Ellis:Originally posted by @Alex Franks:Originally posted by @Yanhua Sappin:@Trent Ecklar I am a rehaber / flipper based in Brooklyn New York, I am looking for buy and hold properties in Columbus oh and would love to connect you , thank you @yanhua Sappin I saw you were interested in Columbus as well.

Learn how to screen better and how to conduct inspections on a regular basis so this doesn't happen again.As for the scammers, you can't get blood from a turnip.

Someone has to pay the cost of conducting due dilliegence on the borrower.

They do not conduct their work with pride, let's leave it at that. 

@Rich Hupper I’m not too knowledgeable about what the bank might require, but as part of your due diligence you would probably engage an environmental/engineering firm to conduct a Phase 1 environmental study.

(a) A tenant to a residential lease may terminate a lease agreement in the manner provided in this section without penalty or liability, if the tenant or another authorized occupant fears imminent violence after being subjected to:(1) domestic abuse, as that term is defined under section 518B.01, subdivision 2;(2) criminal sexual conduct under sections 609.342 to 609.3451; or(3) stalking, as that term is defined under section 609.749, subdivision 1.

No unit or Townhouse Building there on shall be occupied and used except for single family residential purposes by the Owners, their tenants and social guests, and no trade or business shall be conducted therein, which impacts upon or involves the use of, the common areas"I don't see where it explicitly prohibits STRs, but don't want to get on the wrong foot with the HOA.

I'd suggest that if you are going to pursue this strategy that you focus your efforts on figuring out who you might want to invest with, conduct thorough due diligence on them, talk to references, and visit their offices...and invest with those groups directly rather than through a crowdfunding website.  

If ONE unit is vacant and both units are equal in rooms/bathroom composition, then the new owner will need to move into the vacant unit and then the owner can either evict to take the occupied property completely off the rental market (5 years off the rental market), evict to take back the occupied unit for personal use like moving in immediate family (2  years off the rental market), or they can evict given the tenant is a nuisance or conducting illegal activity (this is a harder method to evict since you have to provide evidence and have a case but if they're selling drugs and you have video footage or something, then make your moves) and there are a few other reasons for at-fault evictions. 

So far I've done comps, still working on land comps and saw one phone call conducted by my boss.