If you pay less I bet you’ll get bad reviews. 

Most small multi will not really be turn key per se.. your best bet for those USUALLY is to find a nice commercial broker who specializes in that asset class.. there are some TK providers who do 2 to 4 units in the Chicagoland area as their specialty.

Kristine Marie Poe I'll bet you lunch they are not talking claim of right AP deals.I don't know the OP, their company nor their services.

If you qualify for mortgages, that is your best bet because the interest rates are awesome.

You kind of answered your own question in the same paragraph Austin, thats one way you could span that distance also could do a valeted ceiling or more headers or add a steal element, perhaps columns in the walls with beam. 

I'm not sure how big your budget is, but adding a porch with columns and a new roof element would make it sing.

I highly doubt they only make $1,500/house bet on average.

I suggested installing lally columns and smaller floor joyces. 

As long as your ability to make the payments remains, the bank has no motivation to take a loss.Your best bet is to get an appraisal that shows either a value higher than the loan so that a refi will be easier ( possibly with a different bank) or a very low appraisal so that the loss is would exceed your financial capacity.

But your dead on I bet 100's of thousands are spent each month on mailings that those mailing them will never even answer the phone or call back..