Should this issue be a partial responsibility for their absense while leaking and should we deduct some cost from them?

Here are some specifics:Purchase price: $955KSeller Finance offer: 20% ($190K)Reno cost: $90K Ideally we would like to do a Morby Method where we purchase the home via conventional mortgage or hard money lender and on the back end have the seller lend us the $190K with a second position lien on the property and a 5-year payback.

Even with an FHA, the work needed can creep upwards of similar or more than the closing costs, so you're looking at doubling your cost to own a multi-family property. 

This is a good idea someone should work on this with the downtime in the low transaction market.

I am torn a bit, by that and by the ask, they are so opposite things, one yelling very low risk the other high.... 

Many investors from California are choosing to invest in the Midwest because of the low barrier to entry and yearly cash returns making more sense in these lower priced markets.

There is very low crime, no drug problems, everyone under the sun wants to buy a house here.

I have been researching Citrona online along with some of the other companies that have somewhat recently taken interest in our area due to the low cost of purchasing homes in (key word) certain areas. 

I'd like to explore card operated laundry to provide that as an option for tenants, to offset the cost of running the washer and dryer while I pay for utilities. 

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