I went in today to take some measurements of the windows and sure enough the unit smelled like a chimney.  

This situation doesn't pass my smell test, something fishy is going on between the realtor / cleaning company / Landlord.  

List the town name in the subject header and body of post.  

I guess what I'm saying is STEP 2 is find some body willing to loan or surrender ( distressed seller) enough value or money for you to buy the property.

For the last purchase we made, I drove to the escrow company to deliver the deposit check and they said they legally could not accept the check because they hadn't received the paperwork from the seller yet.Be careful here, this doesn't smell right.

yup yupI'm pretty sure I've got two bodies so far.

Once your exposure to law suits of sorts gets higher it may make more sense, but suggest you get started right make it look, smell, act like a LLC in all legal regards.

You'll quickly learn by their body language whether there was a plan to defraud you the entire time or if there is a social dynamic that came in to play (which they may very well readily explain if that's the case).

It was listed at $530K which was extremely cheap for a 4-unit, comparable that were smaller in size than this has previously sold in the 700s.Issues with the listing:Priced too low (this isn't a single family so competition isn't as fierce)Listed on the Commercial Board but not residential (weird mistake here as it's a Fourplex)Was listed in an Offer Competition on Mother's Day Weekend.Issues with the House:All four tenants we're disgusting (Pets, reptiles, children, brutal smell, etc)Three of the Four had lived in this house 10+ years through multiple ownersCurrent owner had attempted to evict them and lost in court (learned this chatting with one tenant, who let us walk through his unit after asking nicely 4-5 times...lol)Current rents we're very low on every unit.More to come

I smell risk.Owner has stated they are set on price.