Many claims are denied.

Water co claimed old meters weren't counting all the water used lol.

If she claims to have set them up, contact the utility and verify.

A lot of websites claim different things so I’m now confused.

I have been approached by several lease option companies. they have a network of buyers that they place into homes and take a fee from them to do so. they claim the buyers are well qualified but just need some additional time to put on real financing. 

The tenant already sounds unreliably dishonest he/she may come back and claim they never intended to move out etc... 

It's those maniacs that buy homes cash via quit claim deed off of craigslist that really get screwed.Make sure your property manager is a licensed real estate brokerage.Google Clayton Morris and/or Morris Invest for a cautionary tale of what not to do when buying turnkey real estateUnderstand you can not eliminate all risk, only mitigate it.

He claimed his partner was stealing from the company and therefore he does not have the funds to complete the work. 

(adding 2 floors complete re-purpose) The builder claims that the improvements will more than make up for the poor cash flow by improving the value of the property substantially.

I would recommend for you to do the new parking lot and driveways and claim 100% bonus depreciation on that.