You'd have responsibility of it.But if you wanted to play hardball I guess you could claim it's outside the scope, but I think if it went to court you'd lose based on inspection and other work items..You could always try to ask what kind of resolution the tenant is seeking and then maybe come to a compromise.

Im looking at doing a refi on my primary to do down payment and up dating on a rental...once updates complete on rental should rent for 800 leaving  400 a month cashflow...my thoughts are to build up 6 months of rent for problems arising on the rental..then pay myself back putting the extra dollars to paying off my primary home quicker 

Instead, one area allows you to get better returns and put less time into the management of your properties, therefore allowing you to build quicker! 

It was a process I needed to go through but I wish I had done it much quicker.

this is not a quick solutionI would not buy the property without a resolution as no lender is going to lend on this property if the encroachment in fact is valid

I could have put more down, but I held back more down payment in order to do the next deal quicker.

They can generally fund a little quicker than SGL. 

Some have more potential and some will be rehabbed much quicker than other blocks.

I think that the population growth of the city means that there are more renters looking for a place to live near center city every single day (quicker than houses are being built/ rehabbed and put up for rent).

.- no title seasoning on cash out refinances unlike FHA which has 12 months of title seasoning after purchase before you can use market value value or conventional which requires 6 months after acquisition (this applies to CO refinances where you used financing initially to purchase not DFE or delayed financing exception which is an all cash purchase and there is no lien/deed recorded on the property at the time of close), This becomes very handy for  creative RE entrepreneur once you learn how to force equity through adding value to properties you can use VA's no title seasoning advantage to increase the speed at which you move from deal to deal quicker than Conv/FHA- no self sufficiency rule when owner occupying 3-4 unit properties which FHA has (a rule that makes buying 3-4 unit FHA properties in high cost areas nearly impossible) so this a huge plus- use of rental income or other peoples income (OPI) to help you qualify on your 2-4 unit VA purchase (FHA and Conv does allow this too)There's a lot more you can do to optimize your mortgage planning from an investors perspective.With the introduction of the 2018 Tax Cuts, you can structure your taxes strategically to not only greatly reduce the tax impact but also remain bankable to most money sources.