Ideally, as you progress as an investor, you will qualify based on your tax returns.

I'd rather have it empty than have a difficult tenant, it's just that this is the first time I've been turning down so many applications.So, my questions for you go like this:  What's the ratio of good qualified/unqualified applicants for B class properties that you've run into? 

When I first started doing lending in Detroit.. this was an issue ... my client a big time flipper rehabber always had retired cops there with a clip board to check in the workers.. it was determined early on that much of the theft came from the exact guys that put the stuff in during the day.. they had the codes they knew what was there they would come in at night and steal it .the day cop and clip board put that to bed.So I agree with @Bryan Bannach  hire a retired policemen have him there during construction hours its the cost of owing property in the hood.. nothing unique about this.or just sell the property and buy something else.. but I think your looking to assemble so I know you probably don't want to sell.so just as stated hire security and I really like the idea of the @Patrick Liska  Cinder block fence I would for sure do that.. then put broken bottles in the concrete on top..

Hey guys, Alex here from Addison, IL.  Been listening to the Bigger Pockets Podcast for the last couple of weeks.  In 2008 and 2009 earned top 100 Chicago Realtor title.  Had some financial missteps ,and pretty much s...

From what you're saying it's not like the property wouldn't qualify for conventional financing. 

I live and work downtown and am on the board of San Diego downtown partnership, gentrification is a slow moving ship but it is happening.

They would only be willing to do that if I provided some sort of letter or acknowledgement of intent from the city saying the city is on board with the rezoning.

Shame on any lender who allows you to get into that.Though maybe short term, you're looking for a normal (probably private) loan, Milton, for which I bet you'll have to qualify.

This wouldn't work in Allentown, but anything more than a few miles north of Rt. 22 would qualify. https://www.rd.usda.gov/programs-services/all-prog...I would be careful not to over-leverage yourself at this stage in the game.

There are also specialized medical files where you can specify practice size and other pertinent factors that would help qualify a business for your space.