This is an old trick in the insurance industry:  If you have a risk that you no longer feel good about, find an opportunity to cancel. 

Most hard money loans are personally guaranteed, which means you will take the loan out in your LLC, buy you will qualify with your personal credit. 

cast a wide net, get preapproved with a lender, and look at lots of properties in person. 

@Katherine Lewis I haven't been on here in months, just seeing this now...Feel free to reach out about Lake Geneva STR market jason at elite lake rentals dot com.

Some accountants feel that you shouldn't buy from a related party in a 1031. 

FEAR - fear held me back personally.

Today feels a lot like the 2005ish market with very high prices, and very low, cash flow.

So I told him if you aren’t comfortable with that would you feel comfortable giving directly to lender?

Hey @Debbie Palmer, so I am with @John Underwood on calling.https://www.loganutah.gov/government/departments/community_d...There are several folks listed on that site that should be able to advise.I will say that she will essentially need to clear out all her personal and important things.

I can tell you the last person I evicted was shocked, and was having to live with friends because no one would rent to them... not even a mobile home... and they had a family of 4 with a dog.