We looked at literally at least 50 properties before finding one that we liked.

That's besides the point though.We have been receiving a few complaints about tenants being uneasy due to the amount of loitering neighbors and city folk who are literally bringing chairs and sitting outside my apartment.

This is literally damaged our standard of living, and is flat out embarrassing.

It was actually surprisingly easy to find because the smell - once I got in the attic - was pretty strong and I literally just followed my nose until I found it. 

@Patrick Philip,Well, banks are "flush with cash" these days, but no, they do not have unlimited funds.Also, when banks lend, they impose certain restrictions on the loans, the borrower, the collateral, the terms of the loan, etc. so the note can be sold in the secondary market or be insured by government-sponsored agencies like Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, etc.Private lenders ("OPM") typically don't write loans to sell them, and typically are interested in the deal rather than the borrower's details.Using OPM down usually means putting some kind of partnership, joint venture, etc. together so the source of the down payment is less of an issue or a non-issue to  the lender(s).Dunno if that helps...

@Jd Martin @Brent Coombs  I always knew when the Guru's had come through PDX.my agents would come running to me about this big time investor that was going to buy 5 props a month.I would tell them to invite them to lunch ( my treat)  I did this to size them up.. 99%  No Money no skills and just looking to abuse my poor agents.. did I feel bad when I flushed them out and put them in their place at lunch ...

So I went driving for dollars around my neighborhood and I noticed not too far from my house (literally like right behind my house) a house that was distressed.

Wow I literally just read this and I'm going to try this tomorrow.

Literally, that's mold remediation in a nutshell. 

I'd be happy to send you some information about the area and purchse and hold data about our line of multi-family investment properties.The short version is we've got one of the healthiest long term economic outlooks in the country, our developments and management make it 100% turn key (the check is literally in the mail, for your positive cash flow every month) and it's all new construction running at a 7.5% cap rate.Let me know if you are interested.