I have been reading lately about high interest rates, high prices, low inventory, too much competition, no cash flow, etc.

Jonathan Klemm might be able to help.He runs Quality Builders, a tech-enabled GC business in Chicago with proprietary technology including tracking and estimating rehab costs.

You can always sell without an agent, but it could cost you more money and more importantly, money in the long run..think of it like this…maybe a strong buyers broker would’ve urged more caution with the initial purchase? 

Example:House rents for $1,500 a month and utilities cost $150 a month.

Should this issue be a partial responsibility for their absense while leaking and should we deduct some cost from them?

Here are some specifics:Purchase price: $955KSeller Finance offer: 20% ($190K)Reno cost: $90K Ideally we would like to do a Morby Method where we purchase the home via conventional mortgage or hard money lender and on the back end have the seller lend us the $190K with a second position lien on the property and a 5-year payback.

Even with an FHA, the work needed can creep upwards of similar or more than the closing costs, so you're looking at doubling your cost to own a multi-family property. 

You could even look into Opportunity Zones.Other options are doing a Cost Segregation study depending on the property.To drag out the gains, you can do a Deferred Sales Trust, or Installment Sale.

The result is that the cost to add a hands off ADU is much greater than will be added by the ADU.  

Things to consider are pretty simple, if you can find a property jump on it, there is extremely little inventory and it is highly competitive with the majority homes on the market selling over ask in very few DOM.