This can restrict investment opportunities for those relying on external financing.Risk of Unknown Property Condition: Since HUD properties are sold in "as-is" condition, buyers may encounter unforeseen issues or defects that were not apparent during the initial inspection.

So a good start but we also are making some slight adjustments with our external consultants.

Our lease mandates tenant insurance and clearly states it is the tenant’s responsibility to maintain their tenant insurance and that we are not responsible for external housing expenses.Virtually none of the LL have insurance to cover these repairs (only one of my units has insurance that would cover this type of flooding and this insurance is not cheap).  

Altho the data I am seeing internal and via external sources in Orl on 6+ sized homes here is not trending well at all. 5BR and 4BR are showing better resilience...

I'm bringing the 20% cash down but no credit rating /external cash flow and they are bringing a credit rating and full time job - ie the loan.  

They're safe, easy to understand, and not reliant on external economic factors. 

Some former friends were financially decimated but refused to admit responsibility, lived in great denial and always blamed external factors for their own failure.

On an investment in a condo or co-op, what numbers are you using to calculate Cap-Ex and Maintenance in situations where HOA fees cover external items like the roof, building exterior, foundation, landscaping, etc.?  

The renovations you mentioned plus external painting were what we were thinking. 

R.E. historically appreciates about the same as inflation(3-5%), except when external drivers are in play.