With regard to securing a tenant, I think you are attracting the applicants you want, but maybe are gun shy about accepting them. 1.

Here are some pros and cons:Pros:Safety and Security: Requiring background checks for all adult occupants helps ensure that everyone living on your property has been screened for potential risks, such as criminal history.

Is it possible just to secure the additional money needed in repairs? 

Buyers agents will win because then they will have a more secure buyer agent relationship, and a less likely chance that a buyer will go to another agent behind their back. if you have any questions about the new contracts or the NAR settlement, I am happy to discuss them.PLEASE NOTE: I am licensed in NJ and PA.

Any tips on how to secure a deal quickly?

I like how you're seizing the opportunity right now to secure more money from the government, which is in my opinion the most dependable income to have.

I have been toiling over investing in DST 1031 Exchange vs cashing out by paying capital gains. I have read many DST PPM's and have come to conclusion the Sponsors are the only one that can reliably profit from these ...

It was an 8 unit building and it was a total disaster for all of the other tenants loud music, crack, heroin, property damage mad orgies etc...Evictions of this kind take forever and the local PD wasn't much help so we had to hire off duty police officers to work 3rd shift security till we got her out of there.  

The retirement/financial independence equation he uses is a paid off primary home, 500k in liquid assets (usually retirement, cash, and after tax brokerage account), and more than 1 source of income (part time job, real estate, social security for those of that age, dividends, etc.).

You can use an amortization table to figure out about how much is left on the original loan based on how long the DOT has secured the property.