I'm surprised they have any vacancy at all - in the other markets where I have these kinds of properties, we have 100% occupancy and a unit stays vacant for at MOST 2 months. 

When facing these issues, you would be surprised at how hard you can earn and save and how focused you can get to rid yourself of the debt.

And, a more important question, if these are family or friends, are you ready to lose them, if a bad surprise arises? 

Title insurance by the buyer isn't that surprising. 60+ days to close is nice.

I'm surprised how little info there is on this topic that's for the consumption of the non-techie out on the web.  

That could be huge as I am fairly sure the Hawaii short term rental tax is high and it would not surprise me if some people ignore it.

Texas is very business friendly state and now diversified with so many industries... even oil crash did not impact in last few years.I am surprised to see Brooklyn and Boston in this list...

Your parents have unrealistic expectations .frankly I’m surprised they want to live in a bIg money condo or fancy townhome and It seems they are not overly interested in working even if it’s a pay cut or doing a meanial job .

I'm surprised this one hasn't gone under contract already.

You'd be surprised by what they may identify that's perhaps not evident.Catch up on deferred maintenance.