The owner has been difficult to deal with as her situation keeps changing and its been hard to work out the terms of the purchase.

I believe he is right, that if I do rentals the way HE did it, it may not work out, but I am searching for someone who can help guide me to treat rentals as an investment.

If you haven't signed anything, you can just say, it won't work out.

She is  unwilling to provide any financial documentation and refuses to work out a financial plan with me while she goes on vacations.

You and your partner have different goals and will need to work out the mortgage on the front end.

The first one didn't work out because "he misunderstood the scope."

I am going to be talking a few different options and offers with the seller soon, maybe find a way we can work out financing. 

When completing rehab/repairs on a small property, like a single family home, what is the best way to contract the work out?

Depending on the area, it may work out better.These are all cautions, but in general it's a great option and I'd certainly encourage anyone to look into and see if the numbers work!

A place for baseballers to chill after a hard workout or throwdown a dope party.So we are clear, the batting cage will need a keg-o-rator and sound system integrated.If average rents are like $1000, then charge $1200...throw parties for word of mouth.