I wanted to do it myself and ensure it wasn't a full finish to avoid paying property taxes on additional livable square footage.

The meetings are a little challenging for me to get to due my full time business hours and the distance to drive to one.

And it never hurts when you say see ya to add that you were letting go of the additional costs of damage over the deposit, but since you are going to court, you expect to counter sue for your full damages.

She would not let my full team inspect her unIt, but it was fine when we closed.Soon after takIng over, she said she couldn’t pay rent because of ....ghosts.

Many of the guys selling tax deed properties are looking for suckers who don’t know what they’re buying......eBay is full of them.

I ran the numbers and even though I would pay 13000$ more in interest, I would generate more money investing 10 years longer than investing the full 800$ a month for 15 years.

That way if they pay the rent amount but not the utility/late fee, we can deduct the utility/late fee amount due and hit them with late rent because they didn't pay the full amount of rent. 

@Chris Bruneau,  A paid off asset, full depreciated with significant gain, owned by folks wanting to exit the landlord business- this is the perfect property to 1031 into a passive commercial asset where the value is the lease and longevity in decades. 

how much you think for a full gut, with roof replacement? 

If the market goes South and they need your money, then they can call the note and you have to pay the full 10 or 20% (whatever that second mortgage is).