Identifying tells, understanding statistics, representing strength or weakness, considering your position/table image and maintaining discipline are all more important.  

Do you buy in rust belt Midwest areas or the Deep South where you can get the $30k-$80k type 2% rent ratio older 1-4 units that likely will have zero appreciation (unless it's forced though fix up) and are in "chronic poverty" type areas.  

If you have little to no money and weak credit, assets etc. then chances are you aren't going to get the property.Even with owner finance some want money down.

There was a 3 year stretch where I spent almost $3000 on washers and dryers in one house because of chronic repairs and finally replacement.  

Oh yes, and I'm still pretty weak at understanding exactly what all of a seller's options are and how to proceed once we find an option that hooks them.

Also it's hard to negotiate from a position of weakness and it sounds like your case is less than air tight.

If it works, we will gradually license the model in other cities where we can partner with people boots on the ground.Property management is the true weakness in all turnkey models and most of us are forced to do it in-house as a cost of doing business.

An Inspector isn't a framer/engineer and there isn't any formal training for an Inspector to properly "size up" the adequacy for of attic/roof structures, they may have called this out because it may appear to be structurally weak.

I am sorry for the gap in updates, but WOW this process is not for the weak at heart.

One more thing, just because I'm not a hardball landlord on rents, "Don't mistake kindness for weakness."