The owner is fed up after attempting to get them out and that's where I have came into play.

Accounting may play a factor. 

I guess we’re just playing the waiting game.

I am playing with the idea of wholesaling if a really low offer is accepted, it would just have to be so low, its almost unreasonable!

Appreciation and upcoming neighborhoods, while the city expands towards that location I'm looking for property plays an important factor and things I consider when investing (future highway projects, future shopping centers, overall city or federal funds invested in that location, etc).  

As long as landlords continue to operate out of fear we will never have answers.Document every thing, all conversations, and, as Greg suggests, be prepared for them to play the "emotion" card.

As appreciation happens my calculations need to be adjusted to show a return on all dead equity not just the cash I initially invested.

(https://www.ridgelendinggroup.com/)Their CEO was on a podcast recently saying the DTI has gone up a bit recently, I think she said between 45-50%, obviously with a few variables at play!

(I forgot to mention, their current house would have to eventually be demoed in a 2 or 3 house scenario because it sits dead in the middle and they would have to move away for a year while everything was happening).

Commercials loan terms are highly variable and your relationship with the lender will often come into play.