sell those units and work your way up.Do not count on anything happening, good or bad. 

My point is you can be creative on deals to your advantage and hash out better terms skewed in your favor if he will go for it  and wants to sell bad enough . 

Don't throw good money after bad.

I have avoided the "nightmare" tenants (although I've had quite a few "kind of bad dream" tenants) and I haven't had to deal with an eviction. 

Pits can be absolutely lovely dogs. https://chicagoinjurycenter.com/common-breeds Issue with pit bulls is when they do bite its a bad one... its not just a bite and run its a bite tear and wont let go.. 

You could get an ex-parte hearing in family law by your attorney (assuming you have one) and get into court right away due to the looming foreclosure.The only potential good news down the road...or...I should say less bad news is that if she gets it, you could show the decree to a new lender, showing you are not responsible for it.

I think it comes down to doing good business Vs. doing bad business.

But as far as investing, i feel there's really no bad place up and down the Grand Strand.

But thinking "hey I set this appointment and it's worth going on even if she says no" and "well 30 grand off shouldn't offend her too bad." 

In my experience, investing out of state in a single family or small multifamily is fraught with risk:1) You won't be an expert in the area (unless you've lived there)2) You have serious tenant risk (1 bad tenant can ruin years of returns)3) Good quality, small asset property managers are tough to come by