Sorry, Israel, but....have you considered shaving your beard? 

I believe Carlton's methods did work in the late 70's and early 80's.  Having

There should be plenty of different methods to shaving off 2%.  

@Storm S. Have

Includes foam backing. 30yr warranty.

They of course have a different opinion. not sure in SC as I don't hold rentals there.. but I have been buying courthouse steps and tax sales going on 40 years now.. and hold over tenants in all of my deals and they number in the 100's have always been subject to eviction laws not trespassing.. and crap out here in liberal land west coast many times even full blown squatters the cops will tell U you have to evict.during the GFC in CA untold thousands of people moved into vacant homes and squatted for years.. they knew they could get cash for keys..

Finally I used gallons of paint stripper, poured that on let it sit for a bit and it actually lifted the cat pee right up into a yellow foam.. and that actually took it off the cement floor.. we after several months using various products and then odor killers... found Odor medic to work the best for us.. along with Ozone machine..Final finish to cement was we painted with a cement sealer paint. 

Although, with some paint-up/fix-up and a security system, you should be able to shave at least a point off the cap rate.Depending on the age of the apartments and the appliances, you might need to increase repairs and maintenance, or set up a reserve for capital improvements.

Same goes for transferring to an LLC, it would have to show this as a long term investment, before doing a 1031.Acquired property(s) have to be in the same name as the entity selling the first property.

The borrower(s) may have initially purchased the property as one of the following:a natural person;an eligible inter vivos revocable trust, when the borrower is both the individual establishing the trust and the beneficiary of the trust;an eligible land trust when the borrower is the beneficiary of the land trust; oran LLC or partnership in which the borrower(s) have an individual or joint ownership of 100%.The original purchase transaction is documented by a settlement statement, which confirms that no mortgage financing was used to obtain the subject property.