Remove portions of frame wall along north side.

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A good portion of that is technically per diem and commission. 

I'm renovating a portion of my apartment building from a office to a residential apartment.

In a default on the non-refundable portion deposit, the money goes to the seller.

They range quite a bit from being very similar to a mortgage all the way to a JV where the owner occupant pays market rents on the portion they do not own.

Why pull the credit report since the Section 8 tenant pays only a small portion of the rent? 

Your father in law shouldn't have to pay for it unless the listing agent refuses to give up a portion of the commissions.

Thereby while not technically living in the property, allow you to collect the rent portion of the house hack. 

#'s on the IRS Sched E  (rounding for easier math)  (He does not have mortgages on every property - just the 2 shopping centers)------------------------------------------------------------------------Prop 1 - Shopping Center 55,000 SF$110500                  Rents (states if full should be appx $264000)$36700                    Earnings after op expenses  before Dep & Mortgage Interest ------------------------------------------------------------------------Prop 2 - Office Building - 12,000 SF   (I believe he occupies about 1/3 of it but will move out -- he does not pay rent on this portion of course, uses it as a writeoff)$22200                    Rents (says if you lease space he uses income would be higher)$8075                      Earnings after op expenses before dep &  mortgage interest-------------------------------------------------------------------------Prop 3 - Restaurant & Offices   (wasn't given sq footage)$11400                    Rents  (says it should be appx $18k)$2000                      Earnings after op expenses before dep & mortgage interest -------------------------------------------------------------------------Prop 4 - Shopping Center I believe...unk sq footage - didnt get a lot of details on this one$72000                    Rents - unk if it should be higher$24400                    Earnings after op expenses before dep & mortgage interest--------------------------------------------------------------------------Prop 5 - Restaurant - unk sq footage - got the impression this bldg was near the end of it's life - said best thing is at some point, scrape and rebuild - this may be a national restaurant and for the most part a NNN lease - made the comment every couple of years they tell him what they will renew the lease for.