Contact a reputable short sales agent and see if they will give you a cut or have them negotiate it and wholesale it.

But for the average homeowner, a lease option is really just a way to gain possession of a house while working on purchasing it.Lease/options have a bad reputation because some investors use them to, frankly, cheat people out of the option money.

Conceivably you could use a reputable turnkey (yes, we're all sick of this term) company, but you'll pay their fat markup (probably 20-30%) and won't get yields above 8-9%.I will say that once your team is in place, the incremental effort on each new deal is dramatically minimized, as would be expected.

Okay the 4 unit buildings when built in 1981 have one meter going in.There is no sub meters.Fulton county water stated that is what the builder requested in 1981.Fast forward to today.Fulton county does not do sub metering for these buildings.The water company stated these buildings only have a 3/4 line meter on one and 1 inch line meter on the others.Water bill has been high.We fixed a bunch of leaks and filed leak adjustments to Fulton county.Water company says they can test meter to make sure it reads right.Previous owner had high readings as well.Some tenants are only supposed to have 2 to 4 people living there on lease.End up having 8 to 10 people and they use the water constantly even with no leaks.Currently we provide water,sewer,trash into the total rent.We have to do it this way because with one line if the 3 tenants pay the bill but one does not the water company will cut off water to the whole building and lien it.Since it is one line into the building even if all leaks are fixed I can't go up to a tenant without proof they are using more water.I can tell tenant with an adjusted lease they are responsible for any usage after 50 bucks a month but they might not pay the difference.My plumber told me of a company that will install individual meters and then bill the tenants directly.Have any of you had experience with these companies?

A reputable agent won't be trying to cheat you out of that good deal.

I have never been in a similar situation but I do know if you plan to continue selling properties on MLS you have to protect your reputation.

Research Non profits and see if you can get other less effective nonprofits on board if they have better reputation, resources or could get the neighborhood to respect itself.

This is where I wish I had a relative that was a plumber and another that was an electrician.

Dates and life expectance of all mechincal items.The neighborhood is older (1957) with Large Trees so I paid a Plumber $95 to run a camera down the drain to the street.

She is very good and works for a reputable company in Biloxi.