Or just owner finance it (with a nice down payment) and you have your first stream of income.I don't let good deals walk away from me.  

I really don't want to walk on the deal but without it being my house I can't even get behind the walls to know the extent of the pipe damage. 

We had seen something suspicious on our initial walk-around.In-ground septic failed a hydro/pressure test.

You can phone and email contacts to get things done, but its obviously much harder to hop a domestic flight to pay a visit and shake hands, walk a property, sign closing documents, etc. 

If the owner does not let you see all the units during the inspection period, I would walk...fast.I also use and recommend a home inspection.

Seems like it's just outside downtown but probably no one would walk in.  

The building is walking distance from a college campus and less than a 5 minute drive to downtown area and 10 minutes from a community college, 5 minutes from a hospital and in the near future there will be a casino about 5 miles from it.I have a good relationship with the landlord so hopefully he is open to a creative deal.

Or, call a real estate agent and have them bring you a few possible options that fit your criteria and walk those properties.

Pick our a standard Earnest Money or purchase contract... it will be fill in the blanks.2. fill in the blanks IE purchase price  who is buying who is selling and settlement date.3. get it signed and e mailed back by seller.. 4 walk the contract into a local title company and have them process it like any other transaction.pretty simple as you said.. or find a simplithetic realtor who will take 30 mintues with you.I don't know FLA RE law per se the disclosures are usually on the onus of the seller not the buyer so you probably have no issues.. but again a RE broker should be able to answer these questions in 10 mintues

The buyer said no and walked away.