If you are a MD general practitioner and a friend comes to you with a heart ailment, would you attempt to give them medical advice, or would you refer them to a heart specialist?

They are specialists in Igloos!

@Tyler Bobo - there are a lot of ways to get burned in syndications, so my recommendation would be twofold - set "syndication" up as a keyword in BP so you'll be notified about posts referencing them and then, as you see the many types and ways these deals can be structured, you need to spend some time with an attorney - a specialist - who can help guide you through the process. 

The seller trusts me and is willing to be creative with me, however everything I’ve thought of gets shut down by the pre qualification specialist.

Fap no, you see a specialist for that particular problem. 

If I were to live in it for good for sure, I wouldn’t mind doing it up but there is a good chance I may have to rent it out until I am ready to retire in which case no point in dropping a lot of money now, I may do it right before I move in at the time of retirement.On the other hand, with those views and location I feel I could potentially fetch decent rent if I do it up nicely.what other objective criteria I should consider to make a rational decision?

lets see if Greg will chime in he is a HUD specialist. 

If you can recommend a specialist to go and investigate, please share their info.

I had one duplex that was on a septic system too, so I included an statement that meant if the flushed any foreign object other than toilet paper, and this was found to have caused an issue, the repair would be on them (the objective being to stop flushable wipes going down there).

Hi Jared, it sounds like you do have some sort of objective process that you go by.