Essentially you take the information provided by the vendor - primarily the leases - and draft an estoppel describing the tenancy and any other relationship with the landlord (i.e. employee) for each tenant.  

Having a low performer in your portfolio for the benefit of your parents, from what you've described above, is priceless.

Mario, while it can be difficult to find someone interested in the kind of arrangement you describe, you also may not be legally entitled to any rent for a residential unit that does not have its own certificate of occupancy.  

This introduces a very different living environment than was described to me when I moved in last fall.

The list goes on.Pictures are helpful, but if you can't provide those, you'll at least have to describe the work that needs to be done to even start to get an idea for estimates.

@Lyuba Barrington I'm trying to do the same thing, so I'll basically just describe how I'm navigating the territory. 

Here's a recent thread about wholesaling:-https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/93/topics/351...Can you detect anything that could be described as "unethical" in the following quote:-""Subject to partners approval within 15 days of the date of this contract."

Also, maybe you can share the intersection and let local Baltimore folks weigh in on whether it is a pretty nice neighborhood as you describe.

I am assuming the property is older based off the materials described in the OP.  

I moved to Phoenix just so I wouldn't have to go to CA :)In LA your best bet is Luxury House Hack as I described in my book.