Irma,I presume you mean apartments which have inadequate natural light - perhaps the kitchen or living room(?)

Either a portion of it or all. 

I do know if YOU do any kind of work to the house that exceeds $500 and YOU're not a General Contractor, you have to hold the house for 12 months before you can sell it, or all of the work has to be done by a GC.

Gross Potential Income $132,000 - Vacancy ($10,560) 8% - Concessions, Loss to Lease, Bad Debt $0 Effective Gross Income $121,440 Other Income (Laundry) $2,500 Total Net Income $123,940 EXPENSES Real Estate Taxes $12,500 Insurance $0 Contract Services $2,190 Trash Removal $0 Electric $0 Gas $0 Water and Sewer OR All Utilities $37,500 Legal $1,000 Management Fee 8.00% $9,915 Repairs and Maintenance  $7,500 General/Admin $1,100 Payroll $0 Other $500 Deposit to Replacement Reserve $3,000 Total Expenses $75,205 Net Operating Income (NOI) $48,735 Debt Service Principal $7,384 Interest $24,857 Total Debt Service $32,242 Total Distributions to Members $16,493 Member Contribution $234,163 ROE 7.044% Member Cash on Cash Return 7.04%

You're communication with the seller and building rapport can put you in a position to propose any or all three suggestions to find the right solution for the seller. 

A few notes: the 50% rule of thumb is based on the experience in the industry, but it will be between 40% (self-managed, tenants pay utilities, newer home) and 60% (PM managed, you have some or all utilities, older home or deferred maintenance).

I can do them one at a time or all together depending on what one needs.

If you're interested we can talk more about it)2) Find an owner carry situation and use that as part or all of your down payment.

SB 15-177 does not to require home owners to acknowledge the validity of the construction defects claim but requires a Board to inform home owners of their intent on litigation (for any one or all home owners) and gain a majority of home owner approval to use HOA funds for litigation.

Depending upon the area you might do this for just your exterior doors or all doors on the property:To Reduce Wear from AbuseUse longer than standard screws on the hinge plates of the doors you install.Increase the number of hinges you install from 2 or 3 to 5 or 6.