Get pre-qualified for a loan and look for a multi-family to purchase instead of a single-family. 4.

I would also have a pre and post plumbing test performed.

Exonerated 4 times, $0 cost, and the last one paid a $500 settlement plus my attorney's fees with no admission of wrongdoing on a $15k suit.

@Boone BergsmaIf they were all selling for par, B,A,CB because it’s fastest term, then A because higher interest rate possibility to get paid off on refinance.C long term low rate and your overall yield barely keeps up with inflation.

(First time was pre-offer inspection that drove us away - on a new build.)

My guess is 99%+ of agents have no familiarity with off-market deals or the real nuances of the laws, they do exactly what their brokerage tells them to do with appropriate checklists and pre-written forms/contracts.

I spent a year in pre-foreclosure and had no luck.

They're doing this because you've trained them to believe it's ok to do so.Or, if they're great tenants otherwise, they might just be paying you as they get paid (bi-monthly). 

Their menial job has not paid them in over a month. 

Your equity is being paid out in monthly increments also.