You can trade down in value, contrary to popular belief, and it will not harm your 1031 Exchange, but you will pay taxes on the amount that you trade down by. 

With a loan from your 401k, you pay yourself back interest, so no harm, no foul there. 

There is a value in working with a lender who the agent knows will perform, but there is no harm in getting other quotes also. 

I find it interesting everyone spoke of inspections in the light of a tenant doing something 'wrong' or harmful to the property, not as a way to do preventive maintenance on power plants, hvac, and appliances.

As a cash buyer you should certainly want title insurance in case of any past unknown fraud by the seller or prior owners that may come forward in the future to harm your ownership position.

Chemical Bank does loans down to 25,000 in cincinnati ohio.

In my opinion, there is no harm to reach out to anyone and everyone.

You know a lot of individuals don’t understand what issues can come of abandoned homes but we’re talking innocent children getting harmed, etc. thank you you so much... your response was exactly what I was thinking but didn’t quite know how to say it Originally posted by @Llewelyn A.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottbeyer/2015/04/24/how-ironic-americas-rent-controlled-cities-are-its-least-affordable/irony least affordable citieshttps://www.mercurynews.com/2017/11/02/rent-control-policy-likely-fueled-the-gentrification-of-san-francisco-study-finds/https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-01-18/yup-rent-control-does-more-harm-than-goodhttps://web.stanford.edu/~diamondr/DMQ.pdfstandford studyhttps://mises.org/library/unintended-consequences-rent-controlBombing and rent controlhttps://mises.org/wire/rent-control-makes-good-politics-and-bad-economicsGood politics bad economicsNYTimeshttp://www.nytimes.com/1989/05/30/opinion/how-rent-control-hurts-the-poor.html

I will say trying to sneak in the back door on an agent could be harmful if they chose to pursue it.