@J Scott you alluded to a prescription but it might help if we knew what kind of access the old house had?

Evictions are a tough pill to swallow as the new owner since you know that someone went all the way through the system once and had to be forced out.

At some point taxes, inflation etc drive up the rent prices so even if you are just upping it $25 or $50 per month that is a much easier pill to swallow compared to no raised rent and then large rent increase a few years later to make up for lost time.

@Nick Rutkowski I don't consider it a red flag because I do have confidence in the quality of rehab work he's putting on the house.its just that the average list price in my market is $250K to my knowledge so to hear $365K is a hard pill to swallow.

That's a big pill to swallow for most buyers especially owner-occupants using low down payment financing and carrying the debt service on their own. 

I know that is a hard pill to swallow, but if you are unwilling to consider that possibility, then you are closed minded.

  - there was never any hostile situation, it was allowed by then-seller- if it had NOT been allowed / permitted, and the defect was allowed to fester basically uncontested, then the neighbor could make an argument (again-- michigan statute here) after 15 years for "prescriptive easement"- since it WAS allowed, then the then-seller's rights (now that's me as of last week) can REVOKE those privileges.   

Just posting asking for the secret success pill is pretty common on bigger pockets as it is a pretty repeated question although the verbiage is not word for word.Short unwanted answer is usually get a job and study and learn at the same time as much as possible.

Over the short term, that volatility can be a tough pill to swallow if you are not willing to hold it long term. 

If somethimg were to go wrong i can swallow 20/40/50k but 100k would be a hard pill to swallow.