What if his brother wasn't rich, and he went through six months of treatments and on and off hospital stays ... and lived, despite the odds? 

A short-term hold can make it difficult to argue that you did have the intent to hold, but if you could demonstrate that you did in fact have the intent to hold for rental or investment purposes but that you got an offer out of the blue that you could not say no to you would qualify for 1031 Exchange treatment. 

Call for his contact information.An inspector can be your best asset especially when dealing with out of town properties.Understand the difference between a full inspection and a visual.I often times have the inspector do a quick visual and give me a verbal reportWhen you a investing remotely (thousands of miles from your home base), an agent and inspector can be your eyes, feet and ears on that market.You can't know every market in the US, that is why you need to delegate to agents and inspectors.They will give you valuable information that you can use to negotiate a great equity transaction.CharlieBaltimore Maryland 

The smell of sewerage from a local treatment plant reaches the property three times a week19.

And I can't really sell at the moment because I don't have anywhere else to go.For the record, I don't want a HELOC because that's not guaranteed money if the bank decides to pull/reduce the line.Lastly, is there any truth (benefit) to having a higher mortgage payment on a rental and thus less profit to report, which equates to better tax treatment, or is it that just nonsense?

If you are driving and see visual indicators of deferred maintenance it may be looking into who the buyer and is trying to contact them.

Hi @Jae Ham i don't have any experience with this but I'd been wondering if there was a market in Baltimore for short term rentals around the hospitals with people coming in for treatments.

It usually takes more than one treatment.

Pictures will be added, but a general scope of work.Add interior wall to entry foyer to create another conference room for executive space Expand the windows in the front and replace with block windows to add more natural lightReplace front door, and make from columns more visually appealingAdd new monument type sign to the street frontIf we can get one approved by the city, get a new building signSome other interior improvementsHoping for a month to get it done, and we have a broker to re-lease the space.

I would consider an alternate shutter color to make it pop and possibly a more visually appealing front door.