Both the furnace and water heater are set upon cinder blocks which seemed strange at first, but now I believe the sellers did that due to water in that room.

You'll be dealing with vomit, dirty toilets and sinks, clogged drains, drywall repair, double or triple occupancy in a single occupancy room, dealing with the people that are the causes of the aforementioned things, and probably complaints from neighbors.

I would trust your numbers and move on from this potential money drain. 

I'm blocking out small chunks of time here and there to interact on BP, so I'll be back to search for other people in my area.

Narrow the search area to that specific block if you can. 

Generally, you don't want to be the biggest or nicest house on the block.

At one point I think we were the only people on the block wondering what in the hell do we do.Eventually prices began to rise, I think do to the recent legalization of the devils lettuce. 

As mentioned in another post, our goal is to go from 8 to 20 properties this year. (20 by 20) it’s super aggressive and maybe far reaching, but we want to push as far forward as we can, and in my mind if you don’t push yourself outside your comfort zone you won’t reach your potential.But to answer your question, to get past the finance road block, we are continuing to educate ourselves and continuing to network until we find the right partners.

The only saving grace is that on the blocks I am purchasing, the homes are still habitable.We have been contacted by a seller in Wallace NC.

Odd jobs like replacing a basement window and blocking off entrances for pests to larger one off jobs like replacing kitchen cabinets etc?