Your thanks for letting someone in this position live free for two days or two weeks will be a big fat lawsuit from the next tenant that wants the exact same treatment and you say no.  

They're currently undergoing litigation to recover the property but don't expect to get much out of them unless they can garnish his wage from the VA.On the other hand, my father is a doctor and when starting at a new clinic, the doctors approached him to buy into the property.

There is NO benefit for you to take that money up front, but they know that flashing a fat stack of cash will throw some people into excitement.

they're out like the fat kid in 5th grade dodge ball!

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Two of the units are currently rented for $750 each, while the third unit is vacant and currently undergoing repairs.

Many lenders are doing periodic occupancy checks and because the property is investment / Rental, if caught committing "Occupancy Fraud" the lender can call the note due, foreclose and the owner is out like the fat kid in 5th grade dodge ball!

You need to make sure you offer with a good amount of lease option money to the seller and be fair with your expectations or the minute they run a ridiculous scenario/ offer by their attorney or realtor, you're out like the fat kid in 5th grade dodge ball! 

No wonder the USA is fat and sick.

Asking to show the Bank Account may cause him to think twice in consideration that it was explained to me that if an Attorney in NY is undergoing an Audit towards his Escrow Account, he cannot practice until the Audit is over.