Someone had broken in and stolen all the copper out of the AC units on the roof, evidence of animal life was everywhere, cats mostly.

You could also go hard money, but just make sure you find rock solid deal with plenty of room since the first one will potentially be hard to estimate rehab costs. 

I will only leave you with this to consider ... picking a stock that is about to appreciate but has no history of doing so is different thing entirely than picking a stock that has a long history of appreciation and dividend increases, which is different still than a stock with a solid dividend but absolutely no growth.

It's the agents way of saying that there is something so screwed up with the house that no institutional lender will lend on it, or the seller is motivated primarily by speed.Regardless, you will want an inspection to look for this screwed up thing and solid estimates for repair cost. 

30032 has always been a solid rental area.

Esp. if you're planning on OO, you'll get solid financing.  

So if I come to you as buyer, you know each area like the back of your hand.If an investor who is a buyer asks you to check out a property, do some solid preliminary due diligence on their behalf.

I'm trying to learn more about the "up and coming" neighborhoods that will be solid rental markets for the long term.  

All the posts are just further evidence that a buyer ALWAYS needs to do their due diligence before buying a property.  

Essentially, I look for solid investors who have good properties and want to be outstanding landlords.