Demonstrate deep knowledge about the target market by talking about specific districts/townships and how they fit in (or don't) with your strategy.   

There's no statutory holding period or laundry list to demonstrate intent but written correspondence, past history, actual length of hold, the method of reporting on your tax returns all go to paid the picture of your intent.

If you go this route, you must do your homework on the sponsor and work with an experienced and trustworthy group with a demonstrable track record.One big downside is you give up some control.

If they give you written notice that they have vacated the storage unit, but don't give you keys back, I'd think the written notice of vacating would demonstrate that you were legally given possession of the unit back.

Hey GangCheck out some of the excellent demonstration videos both animation and live footage on ;"Trenchless Pipe Replacement" and/or"Pipe Bursting"Very informative,,,I do these type of jobs in So Calif so I can speak with some authority on the subject,,,Again my purpose is to strictly give good information and adviceI like Trenchless as opposed to "pipe lining" because with Trenchless youre actually getting seamless New Pipe and Johns Manville guarantees the stuff 99 years.You can drive a Mack truck over it and it returns to shape.With Lining all youre doing is creating a fiberglass liner inside the original "ancient" clay pipe cracks and all .Hope this helpsDD in L.A.

Given the state of the property as you described it, he needs to accept a rather large discount to make up for the deferred management and maintenance and the high vacancy (you said only 5 of 13 are rented).My advice would be ...First, learn how analyze commercial multi-family properties (5+ units is commercial, 2-4 units is residential) so you can demonstrate where the property in good repair would be if properly managed and justify the reasons for needing to discount the purchase price.Second, learn how to find and partner with private lenders to acquire the property and get it back in shape to where you could get a conventional refinance to pay them off.My $0.02...David J Dachtera

You must be able to demonstrate that you had the intent to hold for investment purposes should you get audited. 

We demonstrated that we cared about their needs and were eager to maintain our property.

FHA has demonstrated a stricter and more conservative approach to evaluating the property.

I have a 770 credit score to demonstrate financial responsibility.