Thanks for reading and responding to my lengthy post.

I apologize for the lengthy post but I’d appreciate any input.

Since you can't co-mingle your personal funds and IRA funds, make sure you have enough funds in reserve to handle any unexpected repairs or expenses during lengthy vacancies. 

These are two very different conversations both of which are lengthy.

Unless it’s a corporate rental with lengthy term lease.

@Derek Morrison The answer would be lengthy.

When I moved from MA, and had our short little contracts there, to DC where we have no lawyers involved and agents are the ones responsible for the contracts, which can get up to 100 pages in length, I almost had a hear attack.

Usually, a seller will want to sell fast and not go thru the lengthy eviction period and if you are willing to take over their tenants problems perhaps that will be a good reason for sellers to sell it a lower price. 

They have no other choice and after fighting lengthy and expensive citizenship fees and expenses, they can no longer afford to attain full citizenship status and their time has expired.They have a BEAUTIFUL house they are trying to sell FSBO.

The biggest hurdles for a condo conversion project (beyond ensuring that the numbers work):Occupancy - It can be a lengthy process to get tenants out of a building, particularly with a larger building.