I have been an active investor most of my life and now I enjoy passive investing.

Anyone in Houston investing in an opportunity zone? 

@Chris Seveney it is in an upper middle class suburb of Cleveland.

Hire an interior designer.💡 How do you keep rehab costs under control and avoid surprise expenses?

Hey Ian, since you're not an active agent I would connect with some local investor-friendly agents in your market.

We have an agent we work with in Central Florida that is awesome! 

Probably approaching $100k in total.My options seem to be sell and pay an additional ~70k out of pocket to the lender (underwater amount) or make the repairs and hope the problem is corrected once and for all.

The lender is pushing you to do this to get an FHA loan.

Quote from @Jeff Calcaterra: We have a potential tenant new to the area who has gone through a paid background check, signed a background check authorization form, sent us a LinkedIn profile, sent an offer letter and says he is willing to send us paycheck stubs, but says he doesn't want us to call HR to verify employment because he is supposed to have found housing already.

This seemed like an unnecessary administrative complexity from the beginning.