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Martin ,I just found your 3,000th post saying that you've been doing this since 2011.

Her company can be found a Keystonecpa.com  

After I walked the property, found a lot of deferred maintenance, learned that half of the units are in the least desirable part of town and around $100k in repairs and updates.

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I found myself in a similar position during college.

Also glad to see you have found BiggerPockets!

He needs to sell because can't afford payments, had a lot of bad things happen during the year (in the house), and has found a job out of state to get away/start over and just wants out (whatever the reason, he is motivated). 

I wouldn't sell them a inch of my property, and I wouldn't do a easement without plenty of compensation.. for them to tear off part of the deck is what might be needed to be done.Why wasn't this found out when you were purchasing the property,, I'd check with your realtor about this issue,, title search,, and see if anything can be done thru them also.