It's cheap where I live and I had VA health insurance and no vehicle payments.

One of my vendors says it best "Good work ain't cheap and cheap work ain't good"@David Grabiner

This is a  pretty cheap area to buy multi-family homes. 

If they're being cheap you can maybe offer to pay for the removal but I would mention you ARE NOT responsible for any leaks once they start digging.

P.S. i am currently a fulltime commercial/residential painter so maybe we can work out me painting some properties for dirt cheap and some investor wisdom =) lets connect!

If you brrrr then it may not cash flow unless you got it real cheap.  

Lawyers arnt cheap.  

If the property is owned less than 12 monthsWill lend up to 80% of the original purchase price and rehab amount if material improvements to the property have been made.Will lend on the original purchase price if the property has not been materially improved"I think you're right though, they may cut the ltv to 70 and not care too much.There are other lenders that have long term financing without seasoning, is generally easy to qualify (many don't have any income requirements) and have reasonable ltv's, but they are not cheap in rate or points@Andrew Hunt PM me and I'll point you in the right direction given your circumstances.Stephanie

My area as I said is cheap, and growing rapidly.Would you recommend I purchase a property with the money I can play with?

Louis and it's currently renting as an airbnb.I would love to invest in my area, but my goal is buy & hold cashflow and last time I looked there wasn't a whole lot out there around the Boulder/Denver area that was cheap enough or had good enough returns.