Additionally, all of this money would be considered debt service (and deductible against) RP #2 (including the $20k you pulled out of RP #1).

I pulled this from one of my sources for you.

I only consider court because this guy was extremely confrontational, aggessive and a scammer and I hope to maybe slow him down from pulling this crap in the future.

Just the nature of a multi unit is a higher priced investment, so you immediately narrow your buyers because it takes more money for someone to buy it from you when you're ready to sell.

I pulled the carpet up and the backing was thoroughly stained from the urine.

I have pulled off many deals by providing my exprtise with others, but you'll need to really have marketable skills to do so.

This doesn't seem to be the case in my market - perhaps we will stumble across someone who has pulled off this type of transaction.

Pull cash buyers from MLS and match to tax records.

Pulling from MLS, there haven't even been active listings (which is strange...).

If you raise the rents enough though tenants will naturally move out when the place gets tired and your rents are high.In a strong market like we have you can do major improvements and change the type of renter you have.