Purchase price: $45,000 Cash invested: $60,000 Sale price: $135,000 This was an estate house I found through one of my clients while helping him sell his primary home.

Also, keep in mind that with a zero percent down loan it can be more difficult to make a deal cash flow... you may still need to come out of pocket for your monthly payment. 

@Todd Powell  Similar situation, they share the same parking lot and the seller is having a difficult time selling them individually.  

Finding a reliable, honest guy is proving difficult.

Plenty of great opportunity outside AVL city limits and people still consistently book outside city limits.Homestays, in my experience and from those who discuss them with me, are difficult to aquire at this point.

They claim hundreds if not thousands of dollars of clothing is ruined and the kids (not the mom really) are making this difficult.

It happend to me, and a client of mine.

But the property gets reported on the joint return just like yours.Some clients will prefer to have a "quiet title" transfer done right before sale so the deed matches before sale and 1031. 

Call the sellers broker and have him talk to his client....if that does not work...move on to the next deal...

It is not difficult to serve a deadbeat tenant; there are numerous tricks to get a tenant's new address (some discussed on BP) if you have done your due diligence upon on boarding and collected enough data on this person during that process.