You don't want to quit your job only to discover (as most newbies do) that what you think are deals, aren't good enough to sell.2 hours a day 7 days a week is 3,000 leads a month if you're an efficient caller.

Tell them you are trying to sell, and you discovered, quite innocently, problems. 

I expect to discover that we have a lot of wasted spending.

Late this spring I read Rich Dad Poor Dad, which eventually led to me discovering this incredible website full of brilliant people.

What I don't think you've discovered is that it is actually perfectly fine to 1031 into a MF building and live in one of the units - as long as the valuations work!! 

Account Closed is correct buyers or loan officers/banking institutions will typically order/pay for the environmental reporting due to it being a tool for them should their be any liability or issues with the property. 

Well, if you are increasing your rent to market, then what do you think thyre going to discover when they start looking for a new place?

Via the county website and some other research, I discovered that not only is the owner listed on the county website deceased, but the entire immediate family is now deceased.

Hard money that says that normally is institutionally funded and they have rates that have been squeezed so tight that they can't do anything with a loan of that size. 

Odds are that the property is owned by the bank or a lending institution who has never seen the property and is really just selling off their interest in the property.