Hire ex cops, ex military, bikers, whoever....Get the vermin run out of there and then move your crews in and get it fixed and rented fast...Then you can massage it as you go, find better tenants, fix the place up better.

I want so badly to keep going I find myself starting to "massage" things like CapEx and maintenance to make the numbers work. 

An on-site PM that either does not know how to set limits and stick by them, or has been encouraged by you to use their best judgement, which appears to be to try to massage tenants into paying by the end of the month.2.

.), you can’t recognize a good deal until you’re an expert at evaluating a deal5) talk to lenders and determine the type and amount of funding you can attain6) search like crazy, have fun with it, be patient, only pull the trigger if the property meets your criteria, don’t massage the numbers too hard to make it work

@Doug Henderson, I’m using a mortgage broker send me a massage and I can get you connected to him.

I feel like I can massage this a bit further; not ready to give up on it yet. 

My idea of a 4-year-pamper-fest is how Colorado State has an on-site massage therapy clinic where students who are stressed can get massages, and how students at Yale needed therapy dogs and cancelled classes to cope with election disappointment.  

If there are 3 deals on the table, and one is a LOI, the sellers or sellers agent will use your non binding letter to massage the real offers.

I have sent massages to some people who posted here.

So stuff like that will need massaging.