Keep in mind, it will take some time to build such relationships, so work on this prior to finding a deal to buy. 

Actually everything is smoothed back over with the tenant an @Nathan G. as you mentioned in another post prior to deeming uninhabitable someone at the city should decide that the water leaking in is in the garage and it is not excessive maybe things are not translating well over posting on the forum. 

Or thier attorney, you would have to ask them how they want itIf you are trying to line up a tenant for the property prior to owning it will turn off alot of sellers.

Perhaps appraiser cannot use the fourth unit, and has to compare to triplexes?

Was able to negotiate a master lease for the property and take over management prior to purchase in order to generate some of the funds needed for the down payment.

Old farm houses cost about twice as much to rehab compared to the same house built newer due to the old building styles and having to bring them up to code

We have an interested investor that will be flying down to meet with us in person mid-November so I am motivated to be able to furnish a professional presentation prior to this meeting.

The building is older but the condition is all newer - and the appraiser was surprised - in her own words - of how nice it was on the inside compared to the exterior age.

I’ve been using NoRecibo app for receipts for my rental properties, I like it compared to others I’ve used in the past.

Lesson learned.... make sure everything is done prior to listing... even if it can't be seen by a potential buyer.