I fought tooth and nail to acquire this property and so far the education it's provided me with is invaluable.

Kind of a funny answer but if you are able to build a relationship and get them talking about how they bought it and how they have felt owning it, then they will be more likely to tell you helpful information about the property and their situation.. i.e. that they got seller financing when they purchased(then you can ask them for it too), the property has never had the roof replaced, information about tenants, whether they have raised the rents in the past or not, etc. 

IMHO it makes much more positive impact to help another help themselves than to just throw money at a problem.Like the airlines tell us:  "if the need for oxygen arises, put on your own mask before assisting others".   

But the place I'm looking at might be a near Gut down to some studs, which we are new too. The

Everyone is finally coming around to the thought process that it'sA horrible business model.Illegal.Everyone who used to fight tooth & nail about how it wasn't illegal or was a good business model has probably gone out of business.

And I am not saying newer investors are not right oftentimes and some of us that are longer in the tooth might sometimes be wrong too. 

It could go down too.  The

And you should be able to wrap the rehab cost into the loan too. The

I know I fight tooth and nail for my clients but my clients also respect my professional knowledge in my market.

If they're charging 1pt for 45 days (which a lot of the local 12% shops do), I'd recommend to refinance ASAP.If you keep making those monthly payments and dwindle your reserves, it may make it harder to get a refinance too.  The