I'm not sure I want to keep wasting my time providing beautiful housing and excellent service to tenants who don't give a sh*t, spending each and every weekend crawling around in attics and crawlspaces of rentals with no time to even do my own laundry, or testifying at city council meetings--literally getting personally insulted by council members in the process--after waiting 6 hours a pop just to do my civic duty.  

Beasley excellent question.

They purchased/received blighted properties from the city/county.

If you don’t …..be prepared to receive several tickets for things you didn't know your tenants were supposed to (you really since you are the landlord) do.8.

-seller has the ability to foreclose on you and keep the payments you've made to that point (and the property he would potentially be repossessing would be totally upgraded on your dime-seller receives steady passive income which may be very attractive to someone that ageAs far as other leverage, the most important thing to do would be to find out more about HIS needs. 

Account Closed I read this chapter from The Best Real Estate Advice I Ever Received this morning...

@Elaine Hester I received an email from a representative with a link to a video.

An example: I've found a good deal (I've run it through the BP calculator and the numbers are excellent).

Once the rehab is completed, the rents I receive were already considered when setting the purchase price.

For example out of 1,000 direct mailers will receive 160 call backs.