We are looking into investment loans but know that if the property is considered unlivable that would be difficult, but we also have not had a GC look at the scope of work yet as we were told of the deal this past weekend (property is 5 hrs from us).

With this particular property I inherited tenants as I’m sure you will and got my first tenant that has been fairly need and somewhat more difficult which has been a learning curve.

If they want to spend their time and energy with a client that obviously wants nothing to do with them, that agent literally has no other options, nothing going on.I make all of my rep agreements cancellable at any time without fault.

Buy now and find later can be more difficult. 

Cashflow in general is pretty difficult to come by in today’s market. 

The US is much different in that sense. i’ve heard it’s pretty difficult to get loans at all if you are not a citizen, but you may be able to do hard money / private money or partner with a citizen? 

If it went well I would consider working with other clients in the future, but would just start with him since I know and trust him very well. 

This is the same problem that my house hacker clients are running into in Colorado Springs. 3 and 4 unit homes will not pass the self sufficiency test for a 3.5-5% down FHA loan.

@Rob HendricksHere is what I typically do with my clients.

Over the years, I've assisted hundreds of my clients in starting small.