My advice would be to go ahead and buy it. 

Next time, plan ahead for the future.  

It is also common to feel you are being short-changed by measures intended to address the systematic issues.That aside, I agree that everyone who works smartly and hard to get ahead should be able to enjoy the fruits of her or his efforts and that discrimination is something to be overcome ... by all of us.

You WILL make mistakes, but in my opinion if you are buying an appreciating asset and adding value, you're more than likely going to come out ahead in the long run if you make a good effort to do it intelligently.

I like this approach because you can ask the posters who they ended up using and if they like working with them.I went ahead and pulled up 2 posts of Chattanooga BP members asking for a CPAhttps://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/67/topics/334...https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/51/topics/407...2.

He planned ahead with good lawyers and protected himself.

As everyone else has said, good PMs are pretty rare in the wild, and you have a long learning curve ahead of you.

Tony,I have asked this question several times over the years, and more often that not, the attorney said to go ahead and give to them.

I would tell her to go ahead and buy it and have it installed at her expense or by herself, but you want a key and won't pay for it.

Existing property would most likely cost you much less then replacement cost, especially of you get a good deal, spend some money to add value.If you buy 1980s building or even 1970s and completely renovate it you should be still ahead. you make your money when you buy right and add value.