The woman obtained it when her brother passed and she wanted to sell.

The contract was only signed with the daughter of the deceased who was occupying the property (wasn’t aware of the brother).

My credit score is TransUnion Experian EquifaxCurrent Score 659 648 638I wanted to Tapp into a HELOC And use the funds to invest in an investment property.. but I was denied by my credit union because I cosign for my brother and he missed two 30 days back in July/June Which also made my Scored drop 50 points, He has made his payment on time Ever since ...This is holding me back from acquiring my second property which I wanted to do a BRRRR

My brother and I decided to partner up and invest in rental properties.

For our first buy and hold rental property me and my brother are splitting the the down payment 30/70.

Luckily, my brother does drywall and happened to quit his job. 

A friend of mine who knows me very well and knows I have been slowly buying rental properties asked me if I would be interested in buying his brothers house.

So you can't really escape it.

A three family requires fire escapes, concrete enclosed furnace rooms, among other differences.

Investing in real estate is far from passive, you are not going to escape have to put in many long hours although the work is obviously far less physical than farming it can be high stress.