It'd be much easier, if she were to pack up her things and move out on her own, because she might hear that the police knows where she lives.

A SFH with high equity and what appears to be only average cash flow either needs to be sold or refinanced to pull the maximum equity out to reinvest. $1000 rent on a $180K property will never produce true positive cash flow.  

Closing costs near $5K2) The bank my father uses for a lot of his properties (US Bank) is pushing me to do a Portfolio loan for this property since it will be a lot easier to accomplish without complications since they would own the loan and not have to jump through Fannie May/Freddie Mac hoops.

Closing costs near $5K2) The bank my father uses for a lot of his properties (US Bank) is pushing me to do a Portfolio loan for this property since it will be a lot easier to accomplish without complications since they would own the loan and not have to jump through Fannie May/Freddie Mac hoops.

Much easier.

These actions typically drag in the seller, agent, and broker....It may be easier to see if you can settle with the previous seller/agent first.

The more of the following boxes they check, the more of a red flag it is for me and the less likely I am to accept their request:  - No message with the colleague request- They're from out of my local area (and usually not even the same state)- They appear to have a sales-type job (an indication they may just want to solicit me for something)- They have zero posts in the forums

These are much easier to rent then 1 bed or studio.The can attract a couple with or without kids.

Usually it's easier to qualify for a loan than it is to amass a downpayment so you're a step a head in that respect. 

If you were living in CT this would probably be much easier as I could see a local bank working with you on something like this. 3) The property appears to be semi-complete.