I asked the tenant, "What would YOU prefer, a new dishwasher or a $10 reduction in rent?"

maybe go back to seller and get a price reduction to make it a great deal.

At the end of 12 months you'd still be better off then agreeing to effectively take a 1/6th reduction in rent...Just go with the people who can move in now and get that cash.

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In addition, you borrow $5k from your HELOC and pay towards the principle reduction on your first mortgage.

True, you can achieve basically the same amount of interest reduction and save many years of time to debt elimination through both the "send in extra payments" strategy and by having a 1st lien HELOC but having the equity available (considered seasoned) at any given time to jump on a distressed property as well as combining many advance strategies such as offsetting HELOC interest onto 0% CC's, using 401k loans, bonuses, inheritances, letting property taxes, insurance payments, savings, your checking account cash sit in the HELOC to work down its balance until any payment is due is very beneficial.

It seems to have been a big retrofit measure taken in the 60s around here.When we find it, we give the vendor the opportunity to have it abated or we ask for a reduction in price and we handle the abatement.  

If they try going to the rent board for rent reduction, noise complaints, etc.

The center 2 pages of  my book shows letters of apology from IRS and a reduction of over 500 K they said I owed for 1979 and 1980.

Regardless of how nice your rehab is, you'll always have to disclose that it was a meth house, so there will likely always be an associated reduction in value.