That said, I'm tempted to present a much lower offer to the seller and attempt a cash for keys deal with the squatters.

The home owners reached out to me and have agreed to let attempt to wholesale this property. the tax value is 85k an they are asking for 60k.

Management should get off their sorry rear ends now and begin the process of attempting to find a replacement tenant with the hoped for goal of a new lease starting in January 1st, 2018.If a new tenant is found sooner (and a lease is started on, say December 10th) and there is no damage above normal wear and tear to the rental unit then management would need to return the difference in rent back to the original (now departed) tenant (minus any expenses for advertising the unit to get it re-rented).The entire point is that it is totally untrue that the rental unit has to remain empty for the remainder of the lease while property management sits around doing nothing.Gail

I am concerned that he may have been in the lumber yard and attempted to leave with more then her purchased.

I'm going to have to attempt my first blog entry and summarize everything from this post into a crisp reference guide. 

Very good attempt to bring him to heel.

I have contacted my financial advisor and am attempting a withdrawal from an IRA I have but it is going to take a few days.

And a 2014 court ruling explicitly deems illegal a landlord’s attempt to impose any extra charges, whether labeled as “application,” “amenities,” or “community” fees.

He is using this time to attempt to clean the place up...gather his parents belongings and he paid for an exterminator whos been there 3 times so far.

You could also attempt to raise money from friends and family to purchase your first deal.