As a realtor I have access to tools that give me insights on the plat of land, then with that information I can call the cities planning and development boards to verify zone restrictions or use case for that property.

Definitely want to avoid areas with vacant boarded up homes, cars parked on the yard, unkept lawns, etc. 

Happy to be a sounding board, brain stormer, etc if you need one as well!

I didn’t do any syndication deals until he agreed to come on board.

I want to know that first and foremost, and then we can have a conversation about what the right call is to make with respect to the underlying investment because I will trust the decision making of a GP with years of substantited experience and a few losses on the board over  the novice who purports to have a perfect track record. 

Despite what you might read on this board though, it’s a rare lender that wants the property.One of the many disadvantages to agreeing to a DIL is that your friend will have to pay taxes on any amount that the lender forgives over $600.

We as a firm have investors working with us who have rental properties all over the US big and small.Finding a real estate-focused tax professional and one who can help with advisory and grow with you would be my suggestion to focus your efforts on finding.

So i decided to change the locks and board Up the windows Myself.

Otherwise, they considered it a boarding house which their ordinances also did not allow.

Put down glue boards, where the mice were first noticed. and several other places. ask tenant to monitor and leave extra glue boards for them to replace if mice is caught..