I could puzzle out how to make a proforma for this, but what I I do that and the land gets sold before I can get the money to lock it down?

Not much equity in either home...Sometimes threads like this make me want to go get licensed out of California so I can solve fun puzzles elsewhere, but not enough to actually do it.Anywho: Hope you got the credit and reserves, because it sounds like you're about to do a batch refinance into your name... clock is ticking.

The final piece of the puzzle is to go to consider the Broker/Agent split.

I'm not saying in her specific case, only that most of the time putting a tenant in a place is a just a big puzzle, and the ESA/service animal thing is only one little piece. 

Since one side is vacant, my guess is there's another piece of this puzzle missing.Now, maybe it's only recently vacant and was previously occupied by another 22-year tenant.

Find someone with experience and you bring other pieces to the puzzle. 

I've been shifting my strategy from buy and hold to try and be a bit more creative with my deal flow, to avoid hangups, only looking at the puzzle from one angle, and neglecting to realize a not for me may very well be a deal for someone within my network.My target for the properties are all:Multi-family (which is an extreme rarity in this city I'm finding out)Equity 70% and higher Both Absentee and Non-Absentee OwnersIn the City of AtlantaI ended up with about 50 properties that fit the criteria after I filtered out all town homes & condos. 

Getting into real estate investing can be tricky due to all the different puzzle pieces you end up having to put together.

The biggest piece of the puzzle is HOW are you buying these.

I’ve built a team in the Atlanta area the last piece to the puzzle here is the initial financing of my projects.