Thank you -  I am willing to put down a decent down payment as a show of good will.

No good will come from you getting involved. 

 @Filipe Pereira Sounds good, will do!

I'm thinking if tenants have their water and sewer bill go up but I can get their electric bills to drop I can generate some good will with them and take the edge off of that blow or I can negotiate the purchase price with that in mind with the current owner and cultivate some profit margin he hadn't considered.

She's paying less than what she owes, but is paying weekly to make sure the money doesn't get spent, and to show good will.

Congratulations on getting interested in one of the best wealth-building strategies available at such a young age.Now that hopefully I've established my good will....the hard part.At this stage of the game, you're little more than a learner, same as we all were when we got started. 

We need to pay a cleanup crew anyways, let's help those in need firstWe treated the affected people with dignity and respect and just talked to them like normal peopleNo placing any blame, just focused on solutions and doing the best to help everyone involvedWe are going to assist them further by providing essential needs (socks, underwear, sneakers, shirts)We put our best foot forward with city official more than happy to see our creative solution to this hard situationGood to have friends and build relationships with city hall for later situations that may ariseAll good will goes to our landlord client for cooperation and providing a professional solutionThis absolutely could have been a lot worse if we did not handle this properlyNow, when our name rolls across the desks at city hall, they know we are the "good guys"The Board of Health and Police Department are going to be happy to work with us on any future issuesWe will see how all of this rolls out in a few days on this coming Friday.

And even then, do they just work with you on finding deals out of goodwill to you?

With every dollar mattering at this point - does anyone disagree with me looking to split the costs with the tenant, in an act of "Good-Will"? 

After all, creating good-will with our tenants is just good business!