Play the game a few rounds or send them a highest and best with a 1 or 2 week offer expiration.

Quality over quantity ... this is how I prefer to play the game personally.

Getting the financing can be harder because the dollar amounts are larger but there are many lenders these days that specialize specifically in 'bridge loans' which are short term 1-3 year high interest loans that play the part hard money does in residential.The thing I like about commercial value add other than the potential rewards being higher is that there is a lot more room for creativity.

I've already got an attorney dealing with that but now the utility issue has come into play. The

I don't think I'm quite going to convince my significant other to live in a multifamily, though that is where I'd like to start my investing in general :) I think I'm willing to play the game with the cards I have available and recognize that I still want to maintain the SFR living lifestyle.

Brie,I agree with you and others that this sounds like a tenant that is trying to play the system and there is a good chance that she "made up" the bedbugs as part of the story.  

Actually better result, because 30 year money is always better than a line of credit.My general advice to you is learn how to play things by the book when it comes to banks, lenders and the IRS.

You can also play the role of deal maker, where you find deals and put together the pieces: seller, buyer and finance.God Bless You!

Let's play the game.

I tell my clients, "If you want to fire me, just tell me - don't play the games of he said/she said."