Those are red flags, a number, not so much. 

I wanted to know if there is a lot of red tape involved in remodeling since it is a historical neighborhood.Thanks,

Especially the days when you discover that big capex like a roof being blow off (happened 2 years ago), some tweakers climbed up on the roof and gutted the A/C (did two of those in the last 12 months), an evap cooler leaked for so long that the drywall on the ceiling of the kids bedroom caved in (last year), the hot water heater blew a hose and a major leak went unnoticed for 10 hours flooding the hall, kitchen and living room (dealing with that now), the tenant smelled gas outside, the gas company came and shut off the gas because the underground pipe is corroded AND also discovered that the water heater is not venting properly so it got red tagged (just dealt with that last month) or the time the tenant "invited" a homeless guy over, he moved in, then called his other homeless buddy up and he parked his crappy RV with his entire family living in it in the driveway.

There's enough meat on the bone (cashflow) that I can hire a property manager to deal with the tenants. 

I consider it to be one of the single biggest red flags in a potential customer.

(After all, it has been three months and the market is red hot and appreciating, and they are owed $200k and counting on the mortgage!).

I am looking for houses like yours and would like to buy it.Please call me at xxx-xxx-xxxx as soon as you can.Talk Soon,(Signature)(email)PS It'd be great to hear from you even if you don't want to sell right now."

(I plan to do some remodel work in February, so would be looking for new leases to begin in March).2) The current owners are collecting September rent, which will be credited back to me at escrow, along the the 5 security deposits.  

It will take me at least 2 years to build up a similar liquidity again.

Refinance into a conventional mortgage (Variable down, Interest rates up to 10%, harder to qualify for, lots of red tape) for a percentage of the ARV, the difference between the total cost for the HML and the dollar amount that percentage represents is what you get back in cash.