@Jen Kurtz after talking on biggerpockets and doing some research section 8/HUD maybe a big obstacle.

No agent would show the place, no one even had the (fill in here) to go inside. if you even opened the front door, the smell would literally make you gag, if not vomit.By now, it's summertime, and the smell is starting to waft outside, city  and neighbors complain, and the listing agent is willing to do anything to unload this turd.

Water heaters goneSiding on some of our non-brick homes missingA woman who worked in the accounting office of the police station who we had to evict left us human poo poo in her bedroom.  

I need to post to the New Members introduction forum but thought I would dive in here and ask for some help.My wife and I became accidental landlords in 2008 and honestly have kind of been on cruise control without doing much numbers crunching.

Some lenders will tell you that they will only do 4 or 5, but the rules say 10, so find a lender that will do 10.From my understanding, if your spouse is not on any of these 10 and can qualify on her own, you could do another 10 conventional loans in her name.Beyond that you probably need to find a portfolio lender.

Thanks to everyone who took the time to post in this thread, lots of thought-provoking responses in here :)

You don’t know-your VA might work with a cat in her lap.6.To compute your pay offer, double the time YOU would take (or at least time and one-half.) 7.I use an average of $4/hour, as prevailing wage rate.

The house is in her name, but I have about $60k in equity/ownership and I'm trying to figure out the best way to pull it out, pay her outright, and reinvest.

Got a call yesterday from the natural gas company, turns out he turned on his own natural gas weeks before having his daughter call the company to have it put in her name (was told he has past due bills with the gas company so that is likely why he had her call).

Hello,A family member has a somewhat 'unique' situation coming up dealing with an estate and I thought I would jump in here to help them get some advice.Situation is this; they (family member) are one of three siblings who all were given equal shares of a paid in full home when the last parent passed away.