Has anyone identified a creative way to get residents of properties purchased at foreclosure to leave on their own without having to pay Cash for Keys or bearing the cost of evictions?

Having a complex structure adds annual costs, but it might make more sense to enhance your insurance liability coverage instead. 

It could be permits or some issue with the contractors which could all add to your holding costs.

Yes, sharing our actual costs,  we need more housing but also letting people get past some of the big unknowns.   

You have some money, and it is wise to have cash reserves available as well as the down payment and closing costs. 

@Dan Creed, this is honestly in line with my general costs, but it will also depend on finish level.  

This has had a net positive effect on mortgage rates with prime Government and Conventional (FHA/VA) often beginning with a 5 in the front and some DSCR rates now in the 6%'s...The on the ground response is likely a dramatic increase in buyer activity/competition.

Run the common rent comps and compare that to your PITI and overall costs to analyze cash flow.

I'm currently looking at a few potential single-family fixer-uppers (some in Worcester, Taunton, and near Dorchester), and I could really use some expert advice on current rehab costs for different scopes of work.Here are some numbers I've gathered from my contractor friends.

We frequently hear investors chasing properties that meet the "1% rule" which in my opinion is a  flawed underwriting practice (have posted on that very subject a few times in these forums), but in order to achieve a 14% cap rate your Gross Operating Income must nearly meet 2% of the assets cost assuming your operating expense ratio is at 35% (which is very lean on operating expenses).