I disagree as the attic would make a perfect bedroom, even though it cant officially be called a bedroom, for a kid and I took all the steps to make sure that there would be no water issues in the basement (Dug drainage along house, added "pond liner" and waterproofing tar along exterior of basement walls).

You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.

We also do a walk through, set expectations for maintenance, filters, lawn, garbage and go over the function of GFCI's, shut off locations (water, power, gas).

The place could also survive on LT rent or seasonal rental, which is popular in this quaint village on the water for Summer and shoulder seasons.It's one of those two-story old 1890 brick buildings.

If you have rain water run off to their yard they will get you finned.

I love ours but in San Diego the hard water took out our first unit.

In fact two week ago I tried reasoning with a brainwashed Pace Morby follower in these forums who stated he would  happily complete a seller finance deal for more than FMV value, effectively putting him under water if he could acquire the property without using any of his money and the property cash flowed.

I know one option is to wade into the waters of private funding.

The water is getting in from somewhere, and if left unaddressed, it could lead to bigger issues down the road.

The HUD inspection the next day finds a water stain on the ceiling and fails the property.