If a few units aren't livable,  are there serious mechanical, electrical or plumbing issues going on that will be a huge expense?

So in other words, the politicians great idea to "conserve water" for our drought was this, yet any new house I and others build also comes with auto sprinklers and they are often purchased by well to do millennials or 50+ year olds who wouldn't consider attaching a hose to the tanks to hand water what is already automatically watered by the sprinkler systems.

It's a Purchase Money Mortgage and its simple.1) Find a deal where the owner has no debt2) Ask them if they would like to sell the property to you over a period of time3) Pay them a reasonable down payment and monthly installment payments4) Build equity as your tenants pay down the note and re-fi at the end of the loan term to pay off the sellerI can send you a "seller-finance 101" if you want to see the mechanics of it...my contact should be in the signature here.

The photos actually look OK, but no photos of the basement or mechanicals.

Pricing or mechanical issues or bad timing.However, it's still listed, so they do want to sell.  

Why would I hire and agent, and then still bother myself with the sales mechanics?

And it auto inputs all your checks and credit card charges.

I am a 24 year old mechanical engineer and I just closed on my first turn key investment property in Tuscaloosa.

I am a 24 year old mechanical engineer and I just closed on my first turn key investment property in Tuscaloosa.

and you can then 1031 the entire property to defer the recapture of the gain from the second half and all depreciation recapture.The mechanism is that you sell the entire property and start a 1031 exchange.