It will give you a leg up when you talk to your accounant and attorney. 

I'd take fixer uppers and turn them into nice family homes. 

Are there any buy and hold investors in the DFW/Dallas area who have purchased fixer-upper and/or REO/foreclosure properties?

Hi, I bought a fixer upper house in Dayton, am looking for a contractor to give an eastmate 

Unfortunately it looks like you’re going to need the seller to do some leg work. http://ohiolandlordtenantblog.com/miscellaneous/rules-on-month-to-month-tenancies-in-ohio/

Rented the last three units for personal bests.Occupied three bed upper duplex-> 1 showing then rented by someone who found it online before the next scheduled showing.

This will cost an arm and a leg and you need to check if this is required.

10% interest for 6 months, make sure you know how much just that interest is costing you over the 6 months.So your getting a hard money loan of 95k to purchase this fixer upper, correct?

My plan is to purchase a fixer upper with the equity I currently have in my multi family, while keeping the multi as a rental property.

I work out in Chicago at California and Addison (without saying which company but EVERYONE in upper IL pays us) and personally,  I have no intention of buying anything in Chicago.