@Sylenthia Boswell I hate to break it to you but its going to be really difficult to get deals without having some money to spend on marketing/skiptracing/cold calling.

How can an investor make money on condos while avoiding future liabilities?

Some or even most do not. 

If you do pay them to leave, do not hand over any money until they give you the keys and you have walked through the place.

I will be his local boots on the ground and my management company will do all the management (a bank turned him down because he doesn't have any investing or management experience in the USA, even though I will be the local manager). 

My family and I are looking to move between January- April of 2025 and we bought our current house pre 2020 so we have a large chunk of money in equity, we really have 3 options on our plate.

Basically, do not LLC the DC condo as a result even though it will be section 8? 

We are looking to do a private money lending deal with a company out of Chicago on a SFH. 

.- We closed on two of our new construction homes in Palm Bay.Lessons:- Velocity of money is important.

Run the numbers.  4 SFH will cost you more to purchase than 2 duplexes, but will also get you more money generally speaking.