Granted his target audience for this advice is largely those who have trouble managing their finances, but a lot of investors with strong financial management skills might be better off performing their own analysis to arrive at a decision to finance or not.

I arrived at this numbers from the history of the property (about 1000$ average yearly maintainance for past few years) and secondly form some research. 

I'm waiting for John Jackson's lease option info to arrive in the mail, no reason to reinvent that wheel.

A DOB/HPD inspector will happily arrive within a day and write the building a violation.

The speaker arrived at the property expecting a good deal.

So my question...in the event the sister wishes not to petition for probate (since house is still in descent's name) what else if anything can I do ?

How do you arrive at a $200K net profit without paying taxes?

They’re also forced to react to your unannounced arrival--you’re standing right in front of them, and now they have to respond, whether they are comfortable or not.

It needs to be cleaned at a certain time because one guest leaves and the other one arrives the same day.

The containers will arrive pre-cut for windows/doors but the inside will need to be finished from framing/insulation to ready to use!