I've never gone the home inspection route, so I can't comment on that. 

I've been accumulating multifamily investment properties for buy & hold and know that route fairly well, but wanted to try a different strategy for finding leads and also a different part of the real estate game.  

With that credit, figure out your DTI before you think you need to go creative - might be fine just going the conventional route in a lower cost location.

Neither attorney or the judge are experts in financial law, they may choose an easier route to make a determination of who did what to who.

When he does not pay you will be able to apply to evict and if he has filed for a building violation you can use that to add to your argument to evict.The L9 will be the shortest route to eviction and is the only application that is guaranteed to be upheld and your filing fee will be charged to the tenant.

I have been told to evaluate the private lender route.

If you do not own a property currently utilizing FHA I would go that route.

Well worth the read for anyone planning to go this route.

What are the advantages and disadvantages for going with this financing route?

I asked them to route me to their commercial/business lending department to see if I can get some kind of loan using the property as collateral.