The blood levels had just been brought way down by the EPA so lots of people were testing positive.

The reason is fairly logical: the LLC can only act through flesh-and-blood people and the people are responsible for complying with the law. 

matt did consider buying me out at the start as he wanted the house for him and his family.he eventually decided against for a few reasons.since I was leaning towards keeping the house as a rental,it wouldn't have really been fair to buy me out and keep it.then turn around and sell it in a few years for a Big profit,it would just create bad blood between us.we decided it would be best to keep it strictly business and both profit together.Also,another a big reason was that matts wife is sick of renovating the place and spending money on it,so she now hates the house and said she can't stand being in it now,and wouldn't want to live there....so I'm pretty sure that was a big reason as to why "they" don't want it :DIt is in a nice area and there are much nicer houses on the street than ours that are worth a lot more than ours...so I think if we we're going to sell,it would be worth doing it pretty nice.Thank you Manolo for the idea!

Auctions can be goldmines or they can be easy ways to increase your blood pressure. 

I scour the good areas for deals, and mine are all 1% properties that cash flow because I manage the rehab and then property manage (to be fair, they would cash flow if I hired those out, but be much thinner deals). 

The opportunity cost is simply too great to try to get blood from a stone.

You want to make sure the seller knows your intentions for the property going in so there isn't bad blood at some point during the whole transaction; but these transactions can work out to be very nice win-win scenarios for both you and the seller at the end of the day. 

Just understand that some leaches can be real blood suckers.

One of the ways that this is allowed is if the co-owners are blood relatives. 

Just imagine walking in to a room and there is a lady on the table with blood and guts hanging out.