This is the best way to ensure that you know exactly what you're purchasing.And most of the time, you can use the findings of that report to reduce the purchase price/get a credit at closing for way more than the ~$400 inspection report.  

PadSplit is not passive but it has been a mostly positive experience for me.His numbers seem realistic except PadSplit fees are typically 14.75% (not 14.25%)which is a 12% platform fee and a 2.75% stripe fee to allow members to pay their rent w a credit card. 

The state of Oregon and the city of Eugene both have complex and unforgiving regulations that most often favor the tenant, so it is important that you learn about these laws so that you can make strategic choices now that avoid pitfalls later.Fortunately,  the Oregon Rental Housing Association at the state level and the Rental Owners Association of Lane county at the local level can provide you with excellent resources. 

Each will do a credit/background check for you and allow you or the tenant to pay. 

I feel as though no Sec 8 tenant is going to be able to pass my minimum requirements, specifically regarding the credit score (my min is 600).

4> Personal Guarantees: Stabilized/ Performing vs Personal creditGoing in all cash on this project, Ultimately want to cash out on the refi, What should personal credit look like (restructuring), Doing the project in my LLC, will my personal credit matter?

I have letters from their future employees which I'm verifying today and they both submitted to the credit/background check and passed.

How can a seller credit be paid once the closing costs are already covered?

At the same time, I would reach out to that STR owner to try to get him to fix the nuisance issue.That said, even if you are successful in staving off the issue for now, it could come back at any time based on the current board members or on wide community support for getting rid of STRs.You could try to gather support for changing the covenants in your favor, but my gut is that that will be hard to do. 

Fewer banks willing to give credit for imputed equity even if generated through heavy lift entitlements.