Texas- Houston.I had a roof claim which got denied 2 years back for no solid reason.

Wholesalers are often inexperienced, uneducated in real estate principles, law and finance, and totally unrealistic in their expectations. 

@Jeff Roth curious as to how your clients with a W-2 job are able to claim Real Estate Professional and meet the IRS requirements?

I don't know of any companies who will take on a property with an open claim.

Are there any numbers or proof to these claims?  

Would it make more sense to live in old side and work on it while living there and still make rent on other side while losing out on being able to claim expenses as tax deductible or live in updated side and loose out on rent for about 4-6month(1300/month) but be able to claim all expenses as tax deductible.

.- Check statute of limitations: Depending on your state, there might be a time limit on claims related to construction defects.As a hard money lender specializing in fix and flip deals, I've seen similar situations arise.

First thing I think of as far as an opportunity will be people trying to find a property that is going to foreclose and has multiple heirs/  Find an heir pay them $ for a quit claim and then force sale and get $$$ from the sale based on your % of ownership.

Since the remaining tenants have still been paying, I'm not sure that I can treat the MIA tenant as absent.Let's say the remaining tenants decide to move out (probably because they will eventually have trouble paying) and I make the refund check payable to all the tenants per the rental agreement (and to protect myself against claims from the MIA tenant), but they can't cash it because they can't reach this third roommate.Any recommendations on what to do with the money or what course of action to take?

He can if he is an idiot quit claim deed it over to you to make this process more straightforward.re