(You already know the seller isn't willing or able, or this stuff would have done prior to listing it)Tell the listing agent that this is your plan when submitting the offer, and that you will be having a very short appraisal contingency. 

@Geoffrey Schaeffer..He might be having a hard time leaving the place after 20yrs....Whatever you decide, make sure it's in the contract.

We will be having our next meeting on March 30, 2017 (an event has been submitted), and are hoping to get enough interest to eventually have a robust REIA.I know there is a lot of interest in real estate investing in the Auburn/Opelika metro area, so if anyone has any thoughts on what we can do to to capture this interest and provide networking opportunities in our area, please let us know.  

On Saturday, they will be having their monthly Mastermind, that you are welcome to attend.  

The hardest thing for you will be having the old tenants leave, or increasing rent to market.

I have collected some initial data and presented on research that is based on tenant self-reports, but I am now interested in getting real-time business data.I am looking to collaborate with a larger scale landlord(s)/property manager(s) who are interested in helping me collect unidentified but matched data on screening outcomes, screening decisions (acceptance/rejection of tenancy), and basic questions about how the tenant behaves and your view of them as a good/bad tenant.My hope is to build a data collection process into at least one, but hopefully a few, screening processes, and collect data over a year, resulting in a research presentation/paper I can share.If anyone is interested in talking more about this, please PM me.

Buying a building that supports owning a second home that I share with another investor is lifestyle hacking more than anything.I was writing this to start a conversation to speak about how much harder it is for others getting started must be having house hacking.

Should I be having scheduled inspections of certain items on the property (AC, plumbing, roof, etc.)?

The good thing about he ADA Service Animals is that they have been professionally trained and behave better than most of your tenants.

Step 1 would be have good deals.