Even if it's nominal, or even if you get no additional rent, working on the place while occupied is cheaper than having it sit vacant while you do that work.

@Assaf Furman the premium is based on the building value you are insuring, so without knowing what that is, no one could tell you if that is high or low.I'll PM you some additional options you may want to consider.

In addition don't forget that the rental income also includes a principle reduction amount that adds to your net worth each month.  

If that number factors in maintenance, vacancy, capex reserves in addition to both principal/interest payments and the taxes and insurance I would definitely do the deal. $2580 of annual returns on a $0 investment is a hell of a return. 

I have heard from one investor that you either need pay stubs or an employment letter.

New to apartment building investor and would like to employ value add strategies to build equity and wealth,cash flow should be positive.But my main concern is to build equity and wealth.So my target should be mom and pop properties,but as far as I worked with different brokers and research different market,it seems this kind of properties are really difficult to find.Any experienced investor can share insight here?

Here is the response.That's an estimate and it's definitely high, but it will be more than usual because it's investment so there are additional things that the appraiser has to do.

I ended up paying the HOA fees with the additional costs of the collections company - totalled at $6700 (the fees themselves would have been $4000) A couple of years ago they lease the condo to couple due to the wife's high credit rating.

I found a 2/1 that I would like to renovate and add an addition on it to make it into a duplex.

First, that investor telling you of a minimum IRR doesn't have a clue, IRR is rather irrelevant especially to predict, no one really knows what the IRR will be until the future.If you're going to look at the IRR, that 5K isn't your total investment, it's an additional 5K you put in to restructure your financing.