There are kinds of down payment assistance programs in many different parts of California I read  in LA that provided up to $80k in funding i just got an email about a $10k teachers assistance program in NV .USDA loans 100's of programs across country for civil workers farmers etc The Hud lottery program for teachers,police etc another example Any little bit of assistance can accelerate the home buying timeline for those in need.

@Edit BeluliCopied from prior post.Case study- purchase price 164k for a 3 flat built in 2008 in Little Village Chicago 60623, real estate taxes $3723 or 2.27% of PP closed 3/17.Granted this is a C to C- area but I lost 12 straight deals over 6 months in this area before I landed this one and know it well.I walked up and spoke to police officers sitting in their vehicles and told them I was an investor and gave them addresses and they in turn told me which addresses and areas were good and bad.

Perhaps they could try calling the police and see if they're lucky to get help that way, but likely the police will say it's a civil issue when they see that the "renter" has a key to the property.Did the homeowner get a first month's rent and security deposit?

Along with a delay prior to closing....Uncertain how to relay my credentials, nor a contact without drawing the forum police.

In any case, once these properties are theirs solely, should they continue to be held in name only but with high insurance polices as they are now?

Police are there all the time.

After moving out, I knew I was responsible for some damages my teenaged daughter had done,and at the time I called the police when the damages occurred AND also let the landlord know that they had happened and I would be responsible for the cost to repair,I even hired a company to do the repairs just after I had moved but they let me down by taking a bigger paying job.So I informed the landlord to hire tradesmen to do the repairs.Then I begand getting bills for damages that I was resonsible AND DAMAGES THAT HAD NOT HAPPENED WHEN WE LIVED THERE, but he has taken photos of these damages.Now I must assume he himself did these damages I would guess in order to have me upgrade/renovate parts of the home that he does not want to pay for, yet wants to improve.How can I prove those damages were never there when we lived there, and that despite he has photos, they do not reflect anything that occurred during my tenancy.Also I moved back in april, and have made all payments ,yet he continues to send me bills.How long after I have left can he continue to send me bills?

More often then not the property will be in a high crime area, and the local police reports reveal shootings, homicides, assaults, etc...Still I'll go drive to the property at night and my gut tells me pass.

asking local mail men/police officers are a great tip.

In one of the duplex units, a search warrant was issued, and the police found thousands of dollars of illegal drugs, as well as weapons.