I'll also share a bit of experience that I and so many of my other students have benefitted from - and that is weining yourself out of the tenant and toilet business altogether, to eliminate 80% of the stress and work involved with renting out Habitational real estate.  

For example, I could sell on lease/purchase terms, but the property is by no means habitable, so what would be the legalities involving a "lease" of a property that is not used as a dwelling?

They are set in theirways and pick up bad habits.

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That prompts an inspection to be scheduled for Section 8 to verify it is a habitable property. 

I would wager that many folks have no idea how successful they actually are (or aren't) because they aren't tracking vital data.

Mary, you have a terrible habit of applying your small, unique niche to the rest of the world. 

Terms are usually 18 months are less, long enough to get a property habitable.

I found the deal on the mls for 369,900 at the time that was higher then all the other areas i looked at, and the cash flow was lower, but i knew that this area had more traffic and vitalization then other areas and to top it off no hoa.When i took the building over it was being self managed by the landlord and some of the units needed work. so i knew that i was going to be able to add value.

Most new investors are looking for long-term buy and hold properties.Condition - Most new investors purchase "habitable" properties.