That violated the HOAs and the owners were forced to leave the new space unfinished and unoccupied.

We want to make this fair to everyone involved but not try to force something that won't work by splitting profits too much.

You could justify you number with a cover letter, I'd just show my agent and let them convey the basis.If you got actual data from the seller and verified the numbers the seller should already know why the offer is what it is.Starting out I'd suggest single family as well, performing multis won't have much room to force appreciation, you need a distressed low performing project. :)

The most common options would be renting or doing a lease option/purchase -- but with a hard money loan, you'd be hard-pressed to see positive cash flow and you'd be forced to pay off the loan when it comes due.If you absolutely can't find a way to pay off that hard money loan, my suggestion would be not to borrow the money unless you were practically 100% certain you could either sell the place for a profit or you could bring the money to the table when selling for a loss.

With cracks 1 inch or larger there could be serious structural damage that could cause failure in a wall or something which could cause harm to your tenants.I have a home in FL that developed a sink hole and our cracks were not nearly even a 1/2 in and we were forced to have a structural engineer certify that the home was still safe to occupy.Should something catastrophic happen you could be on the hook for a lot more than jsut foundation repairs.

That gives them a reason to call the police, the landlord told them to,,not sure it will help them, but it might if they tell the intruder they are forced to call the police if they break in again.

Can the inspector actually force that on you in Maryland?

Or would I be forced to pay 20% for my primary residence since I would already have an investment property under my name?

That way you are forced to actually GET the card in order to put more money on it and it causes you to think before spending.For what to pay and when.

However, because I've been working primarily with pre foreclosed homes, the foreclosure market is actually getting smaller from what I've noticed so it's forced me to expand and go into other zip codes.