If you invest in the Florence, Muscle Shoals, Athens, Huntsville area and are interested in connecting, please let me know!

I'm also going to need to get more granular with the City Zoning department in terms of what exactly is grandfathered.

I sympathize with their situation, but the debate and their tone is not acceptable and I plan to address this.

Pricing strategy is one of the biggest levers we have as investors, and sets the tone for improvement schedule, marketing, how the properties turnover...For the last ten years I've invested in an area with high demand and low inventory (Seattle), and have had moderate success pricing near the top of the market for the category & neighborhood.  

You're going to need a lot of inbound leads. 3.

The motivation behind selling the house is that my younger brother  is ill and we going to need the money In the states so he can be taking care of.

One cause could be electrolosis , dissimilar metals touching each other , another cause acidic water eating the copper from the inside out , third it could be bad pipe , in the early 1980's they built houses near me with copper pipe , after 15 years they were all having problems with leaks .Prepare yourself to replace the pipes in your house , its going to need to be done .

If those are the worse thing my day holds - I'm thinking that I can pretty much muscle my way through it OK.

Have a tone of gratitude.IMHO Sub2 wrap exit is VERY dangerous for new undercapitalized "investor"My view:Sub2 purchase only with great location, great condition, great layout, great fixtures - appliances, AND with 10 - 20% equity.Why? 

The heroin addict visitor like @Joseph Brickler mentions is a problem with no real solution and conducting 'illegal activity' is difficult to prove.I have found them to need some basic education.