However, if you have someone that handles your books in an orderly fashion, even at year-end adjustments will be easy.Currently, I am a Developmental Controller.

The old-fashioned desktop QB is a monster that is very difficult to tame and maintain.

If you can get them to execute a DIL then offer cash for keys and have them exit the home (hopefully) in a peaceful fashion We usually don't make the CFK payment until they move out and we get a local agent to inspect the interior. 

They are not regulated in the same fashion as a true IRA custodian (such companies typically have the word 'Trust' in their name). 

You can certainly borrow money from your 401(k) in this fashion....if your 401(k) would allow it (your plan administrator or the plan "terms and conditions" would be able to tell you). 

I've looked at creative lending options but none appear to work other than old fashioned saving and a conventional loan.

ADR and Occupancy rates are more of an art than a science, but using sites like AirDNA are great places to start and then verify thru local property management or just good old fashioned research on Airbnb and VRBO for active rentals in the area.  

Might have to do this the old fashion way... sorry :-)

You are the future investor, you are the future real estate agent, or whatever it is you want to be, it is so important that you are guided in a considerate fashion, and taken seriously about the goals and actions you are capable of pursuing. 

Everything else has to be refreshed : Floors (carpeted, heavily spoiled and cat urine odor) Ceilings dry-wallWalls dry-wallElectrical is out of date (knot and tube all over, electrical panel needs replacement) Risks: Sanitization (cat urine smell, potential for pest problems)Structural integrity not checked (unable to check in a timely fashion due to deadline)Evidence of water damage on main floor ceiling, extent of damages unknownNo smell of mold in basement but knowing the city history of flooding, this is uncertainPlumbing looks recent but it was hard to be absolutely sure of this assertionThe reason I decided against in the end : too many unknowns.