I'd strongly suggest learning the laws regarding paying these individuals and how to structure the payment/agreement so you can protect yourself.  

I don't know SD, but after reading the previous responses, there seems to be small niches hence going too far out would skew your numbers. 

Hello all,Sorry for the late response, I have been very busy reading books as of lately.

Focus all your energy on being responsive to problems.

So can go into a neighborhood's GIS system and look up what the individual parcels are assessed at and omit the building (also referred to as improvements), typically the real value of nearby parcels is somewhere between 50% and 75% of what the county claims; example: if the Fredericksburg GIS system claims that a certain house's land is assessed at 50K then your investor should NOT buy it at more than 37,500 at the VERY most.One MAJOR point to take into consideration is: an investor that you will help buying a parcel of land is an investor that will have less money to make future purchases.Good luck, and fee free to shoot me any questions as I'm very familiar with the Fredericksburg area and won't hesitate landing a helping hand to fellow BP.

It is not the responsibility of a landlord to make tenants "happy".

Thank you all so much for your responses. 

I read through the Ultimate Beginner's Guide and the multi-family property investing seemed like the kind of investing I would be interested in (duplexes and triplexes) and potentially house flipping.I have some background in real estate investing - primarily doing accounting work for individuals and commercial real estate developers. 

@Don Pham, make sure that if you do a deal with someone, even with family, maybe especially with family, that you have a written plan of every responsibility and who is assigned it.  

Is that my legal responsibility to remediate this problem?