Tenants will then proceed to trash the property in an attempt to justify their claim.My question is how do you get proof of a habitable environment during tenancy and how do you prove that your property is habitable before the tenant trashed it?

While it is possible for me to reach my goal with option number 1 (slowly collecting rentals), do you see any upside to attempting option 2 (flipping to collect capital to reinvest into rentals)?

We attempted to see about changing this and talked to Auditors office and one thing we ran into was a parking ratio constraint.

After my first attempt to personally contact the owner/listing agent weren't taken serious, we got ourselves a local realtor with rental-property experience who had a reputation for staying on top of things.Offered full asking price.

A program like this would help ease all those tensions, turn things around.It looks like Path to Ownership was an attempt at this but didn't involve landlords? 

At this point he will take over all comms with the tenant and receive any payment if they attempt to pay.

Maybe make one last attempt with a friendly phone call, then move on.

We attempt to evaluate drainpipes by flushing every drain that has an active fixture whileobserving its draw and watching for blockages or slow drains,but this is not a conclusive test and only a video-scan of themain line would confirm its actual condition.

Although I have some cash to buy one, maybe two of these outright, I don't want to get stuck in a situation where I can't easily pull money back out with a refi and, from my research and attempts to contact lenders so far (including some smaller banks, credit unions) they don't like to deal with houses in this range.I'm wondering if there are other types of real estate investing I should consider looking at where I would have more financing options available to me but I wouldn't be as exposed to a potential crash?

Attempting to restart this conversation due to new headlines from the FHFA.