Provided the deal is good enough,  you might want to get the owner to replaced deferred maintenance items as a condition to the sale.In either instance, duplex or fourplex, I would have a property manager manage the units that you don't live in.  

But they may not give you a loan at all if your credit isn't good enough.

But...short version...You lose your earnest money, unless you have included what is referred to around here as "weasel clauses".Look, if your deal is good enough, you will have no trouble selling it. 

Hey, your doctor isn't good enough to write your script, you have to go to a mental health professional  and they must tell me you are under current treatment, they have to be local as well and tell me you are mentally or emotionally disabled......pure hog wash.Your VA hospital isn't in your town!

You can pretty much tell that he was a contractor before as he definitely has some hands-on tips.If his materials are good enough to save a person $1,000 on a project then the program will fund itself.

Marcus,All you need to wholesale a property is find a good enough deal and the buyers will come.

All these are free service and usually just these are good enough for me.However, recently we were having a hard time looking for tenant for this townhouse in Seattle.

When Zach's preached "Good is Good enough", that clicked for me.  

And I have a good enough understanding of the market around here than I can justify numbers and prices relatively accurately.This was for the Chicago area.

. $1000 rent - $600 PITIA wasn't good enough for one of them.I have not bought a rental since purchasing a primary so the criteria may be different but this scenario was my most recent personal transaction.