Given your buy box, keep an eye out for properties with strong rental demand and minimal major repairs.

Those are the cost of doing business.I will use my clients property, purchased last year as an example:(57,000+6228-3500)/$190,000=31% IRRMy client lost money throughout the year(repairs, vacancies, etc) and had an 8.1% interest rate.All this to say if you can stomach a few down or flat year, you will make a killing!

I would recommend that you don't ignore it; repair the drywall, monitor it and see if the drywall cracks in the same locations again.

My humble advice to anyone attempting to do creative finance is:Creative finance is for experienced investors who have access to capital if anything goes wrong.Learn the lawsDon't use a contract "off the internet", laws vary by state and are also regulated on a federal levelLearn the financing techniques correctlyDon’t skip parts of the processDon’t ever do a “kitchen table” closingUse the proper deedAn attorney can help you with the legal work, but the rest you are on your ownYour guru will not bail you out“Investing” in someone else’s deal by providing a small 2nd loan so the “investor” can pay for “cash to the seller” and for “closing costs” so he can do the deal is a very bad planKnow what problems can ariseLearn the responses and solutions to problems before they are neededKnow everything there is to know about Title and what that meansKnow who a "protected class" individual isLearn the "back doors"Learn human natureUnderstand timelinesUnderstand regulation enforcement (some of these "mistakes" have a 10 year statue of limitations ( they can charge you 10 years AFTER you do the transaction) and carry hefty fines and possible imprisonmentThe court doesn't accept "I didn't know" for an answer"Know that the source of the lead plays a serious role in some states and federallyKnow how much of a "profit" pushes the boundaries to invite an investigationYou can be sued by the seller if you don’t do things correctlyYou are automatically at fault if an investigator or attorney or regulator gets involved.

Be sure to factor in repair costs to keep things profitable.

This is typically done 3x a year.Hire a company to deep clean the washing machine, drier, and dishwasher.Reimburse us for the combined 8 hours we have now spent on cleaning the home.Repaint the walls, at minimum in the basement.Prorate our rent for the days we are unable to be in the home due to the current issues and any repair time.Please let us know how you would like to proceed.Thank you,Sindy and Cary"You need a professional property manager!

Repairs and maintenance was $3492.50 for the year. 

An experienced agent would have worked with the seller to do the repairs before they sold, and captured the forced equity in the sale.

@Stefan Ikner, you are correct on the credit repair. 

Mainly the panel is in the basement and it would require a ton of work and paying for labor hours + repairs.