I would make sure a bundle of rights for ownership are available individually, per unit of course, then worry about warranty and purchase options.

Creative financing options like seller financing or assuming a low-interest FHA loan can also help you secure better terms.

Talk to the seller, but options are to cancel the sale (and risk losing your deposit), renegotiate to lower the price to allow you to fix the problems or ask them to fix it. 

So all of the gain and depreciation recapture are initially still tax deferred.However, like Joe said, the down side is later when sold  you lose the 1031 option. the client will pay tax on all gain and depreciation recaptured from before the 1031 also. 

So a loss of about 55k We did a lease to own option so I could immediately take over expenses but keep their primary resident loan and interest rate.We agreed to a deal which would cover all their expenses at closing, their remaining loan balance, and $45,000.

Having the VA option is certainly a benefit and we're excited to get started now.  

I reviewed about a dozen options.

I guess my only other option is to add padlocks onto the cash boxes on top of the regular keyed entry.

For some of my homeowners - I provide them with several options 1. 

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