Any chance after hosting at a non-smoking joint in the future? 

The sidewalk has an easement for public use but is not typically owned by the municipality

Many times it is very difficult to evict tenants for issues other than financial non payment, especially if the tenants know the laws. 

Sounds like they are trying to support a higher commission, not a better service to the public.

Totally non-original story...my husband and I both work full time (I'm a teacher) and we're interested in real estate investing.

We try and eliminate bad applicants by making our application $100, non refundable per applicant over 18years old.

We prepped did a walk thru 2 weeks prior to order any needed supplies, we did some repair work early if we found that we could, Our Painter was not in house he was FABULOUS,, he would work non stop, and others followed as soon as he was done.

@Bryan Dorsey If you are willing to take on a value add project that is in bad shape (not financiable) you can get 2% in non major cities in CT.

Originally posted by @James Jordan:Will not Write an offer and see if they take it or not. 1 or 2 or 3 being non-owner occupied will not jeopardize their FHA lending unless the building is already keeping some as rentals.

I began looking in to the public records of mortgages in my county and seeing who the lenders were, and doing my research to find a time to meet with them.