If that's the case, you might as well just pay them.  

The schools in the area are really solid as well.

agree .. other wise its just the bottom feeders looking to take his equity from him  with couching it as a rescue.. his best bet it to sell if its owner occ the profit is tax free .. regroup and start over.. 

Also great deal as well for youHow is it dealing with voucher holders in duplex's?

I have been looking at sf homes with comparable SqFt to one of the units, as well as the units combined to try and get a feel for what this is worth.

@Brett SiegelWelcome to the community and be ready for a huge amount of information at your finger tips.

Having a local trusted partner to manage your investment properties is key as well. 

While I don't object to spending money to do one's due diligence, I don't know if $500 is called for when you can get very high quality syndication groups/meetups/information for free.

There's currently a website set up to get information from customers that have had this contract "sleight of hand" done to them. 

Setting them up to do well.