At the end of the day, you need to underwrite this property based on the cashflow it is currently creating and possible "stabilized cashflow", then back into your purchase price based on the returns you want to hit.I.e. if you are wanting to make 20% CoC returns day one (your expectations are pretty unrealistic), but it may only be worth $250,000.  

I imagine a lot split would also significantly increase cost of utilities as now I would have 3 hookups in that scenario.I am also concerned what would happen to that sweet 3.25% 30 year fixed mortgage I have, which I don't want to create any risk over in the slightest.Any advice on how to frame my counter arguments would be incredibly appreciated.

Alternative Solutions: If refinancing isn’t possible and a buyout is needed, consider a structured buyout agreement where the remaining partners gradually purchase your share, allowing you to exit while they assume full ownership.This post does not create a CPA-Client relationship.

When you install them clicked together, that creates the seam that water can and will penetrate.Tile it.

Once you're ready, create a goal (e.g., "I will buy at least one single-family home, duplex, triplex, or fourplex before the end of 2019") and then do it.

However, a cash flow focused investor is finding positive cash flow even if they have to buy off market, in a different cash-flowing market, or create cash flow through value-add, etc.

If the landlord was aware of his past, yet rented to him anyway - any lawyer worth their salt would make a nexus between those two pieces of information and create a liability claim.In addition to the extreme negative press you would get, it also takes time, money and energy to defend a lawsuit you will eventually win.

It's essentially using multiple novel (but legal) applications of long-standing regs to an activity that largely didn't exist at the time they were created. 

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A platform really can not create liquidity.It's actually a pretty common feature of many of these types of funds.