@Elton Tate what you're running into is agents with little to no experience dealing with investors and investment properties.In our opinion and experience at least 95% of residential agents only know how to deal with owner-occupied transactions.You'll see a big difference when you look at larger apartment buildings for sale (not on the MLS).

If after 6 months you find that you don’t mind collecting rent and dealing with the occasional maintenance issue then it might be time to start thinking about how to go about buying your next property.

Has anyone else experienced issues when purchasing properties after foreclosure? 

Unbelievable • His insurance won’t cover because as it turns out commercial liability does not cover craftmanship defects they need E&O insurance for that, hard lesson learned, 95% of small contractors will not have E&O, it's an extra cost for them and only the larger construction companies carry it.

The main issue that I have is that the tenant has 2 more years left on the lease and in order for me to fix all the mess in the basement I would have to remove tenant. all plumbing, electrical and structural is potentially dangerous.How do I manage repairs if tenant doesn't want to move?

Of course, there is an issue of where do you live for that period of time to establish that you 1031'ed into another investment property...I agree with @Michael Plaks, I don't know how you figured that savings...As for "...harder to sell to potential buyers," the 1031 transaction is mostly transparent to them. 

@Srini Murthy hopefully it is a non-issue if you pursue this property!

Would there be there any issue with me simply modifying the notice to quit forms to fit the lengths of time stated (30 days and 10 days) in their lease? 

With that said, I've found this the most successful part of the venture in the short period more so than the destination spots.Fortunately, no issues, but it's been a very short amount of time.

Carola,I decided to go with Invelo, The main reason that I went with Invelo was for the benefit that I can speak with someone if I have issues.