There's emotion invested into this property already.Now I'm sure that should you proceed to get these two properties and were to raise the capital needed, everything would run just fine.

The previous tenants let their animals run wild.

Can options run in perpetuity?  

@Keith Torsen sorry for the late reply, been running all over the place last two weeks.

A lot of new investors do drive for dollars, reaching their hand-selected audience of run down or vacant houses in a certain area. 

I went PRO last week and have been running the calculator on a few properties a day, just to get in the habit.  

I will need to run electricity to the garage from either the 1st or 2nd floor tenants electrical service (just to work on the property, not actually putting electricity permanently in the garage).  

Sounds like the landlord is "running scared."

It sends you alerts on your mobile app as soon as a property matching your criteria like multifamily, price range, area etc so you can check it out right away and run quick numbers..BP rental property apps are great for running numbers.

Remember most attorneys will give you a free consultation (to see if they can help you) so It's the first thing I do when I run into a problem like this.