I think that will happen before we see the 40 year mortgage, rates aside.At some point however in the longer term inflation or hyperinflation rather is the more likely scenario, when people wise up to the fact that we are completely insolvent and unwilling to take our medicine.

My partner and I are looking at investing in a fourplex that is more apartment style. When doing the due diligence (there is an awesome checklist on the files page) I asked for information about the current tenants an...

Maybe the seller is unwilling to budge on the price.

He is very unwilling to negotiate on his price, he wants 317k for it.

But, yeah, if the seller was unwilling to go lower, the ARV wouldn't be high enough to pull all your cash out.You'll find another, though.

There are a lot of folks unwilling to take "underemployment" which I personally think is insane, but I understand how the government incentives have disincentivized taking a job that pays less than your former position or the current unemployment compensation. 

(These are purely speculative ideas, having no knowledge of the specifics involved in your title clearance issues.)As a lesson for the future - when I am the purchaser I always include a contract provision to the effect that if Seller is unable or unwilling to close beyond any adjournment rights they must promptly return my down payment and reimburse me for the costs of my appraisal, inspections, survey and the actual costs of my title commitment and searches.

If they are unwilling to fix these issues, I would walk away and look for another company there to work with.Best of luck to you 

If it were me I would want to structured my transaction in a way that reflects a suitable discount for that risk and release of funds Commensurate with that risk.While there is money to be made by taking on the risk if you are uncomfortable or unwilling to except that level of risk here’s another plan:While there is money to be made by taking on risk if you are uncomfortable or unwilling to except that level of risk here’s another plan:consider advancing the defaulted property taxes to illuminate the pending time issue so that you can properly go through the court system and have an attorney File a petition for spousal order.

As you stated you are going to be unwilling to drive as hard a bargain as you otherwise would.