Convince yourself that this property has a clean title.Assuming the info is available to the public, I'd want to know what he paid for the property.

I have very simple but extremely "it all depends" kind of questions, but if I provide these following details perhaps the answers can be black and white and not so grey.Ok so I'm a starting investor and my essential goal is to own ten 4-unit buildings (40 units total), and cash flow $10,000 a month, clean income after all expenses.

It will mess with you naturally, you might think someone is going behind your back closing deals et...And last you guys need split EVERYTHING 100% and make sure your partner understand finances and what it take sto keep business flowing, if hes bad with money and you are, you will end up fronting every time mailing need to done etc..And it will hurt your relationship...Both you and your partner need to know, it cost to keep phone lines on, buying your mailing list cost, sending mail will cost, you might hire a couple VAs to do small things.. that will cost,  cleaning your list up making sure your addresses are correct will cost, going to see clients will cost you..Theres alot to having a partner so think of these things when you get into business with someone...Iron all of these out from jump..And of course things happen maybe a family emegengy and your partner cant afford to put as much everytime...Just make sure you work all of it out...

I think it's the easiest solution to making that floor look great.  

"Ok mr seller I do have one more solution to get you exactly what you want in price and it'll be on my terms in the form of a seller finance or lease option".

Under most office leases, you are going to be charged extra for all the operating expenses of the building, from taxes and insurance to security to cleaning the restrooms.If you need any work done in your office, you have to go through the building management and use their contractors.

The honest thing would be to move utilities immediately but the seller refused us a walk through (he just said I can walk out of the deal if I want but he has no time for a walkthrough) and I figure why - excessive humidity in the basement which he cleaned up quite well at the original showings.

I will be purchasing from overseas so it seems like an easier solution plus the low interest rates we have could make the extra cost less of an issue.

You can find a Greater Boston Real Estate Board TAW agreement free online and print a few copies. 2 - Personally, I would say if you have good tenants (clean apartments, long-term tenancy, good payment history, etc...)it might be best to leave them as TAWs but just have them sign a written agreement. 3 - I'm not  a fan of long term leases for apartments.

Just a second thought and what I always say up here is it's our market and if we don't clean up after ourselves - we get to live in it.