The inside half mounts on the wall, and the rest sits outside.

Sit tight......Or, perhaps a moderator that sees this can enlighten me.Shawn

Cleaning/wetting the carpet that is sitting on the wood can cause the boards to ripple or if enough water penetrates, buckle.

Depending on what the layout of the building is, there is a good chance that smoke and water could have damaged much more than what is visible and sitting empty for that long can be difficult to for mold and pest reasons.If the damage only affected one or two units it may be easier to put at least a few of the lesser damaged ones into service quickly. 

@Wayne Brooks  WF home loans in our market is very schetchy for the reasons you mention no real training in the ways of MLO ing.... just a bureaucrat who gets paid to sit at a desk..

I thought that name sounded familiar - I have your card sitting here on my end table, as I was just in the house you are selling in McFarland last week.Welcome to the site!

It has been sitting empty for months now.

I have a Gibson 3 ton heat pump condenser unit with a new compressor in it sitting in my AC guy's shop if anyone want s to buy it...

Pretty much everything is a risk including just letting your money sit in the bank.

There's also a small spot on the back with sitting water against the building that my broker/investor i was with said he knew the fix (he's extremely smart and didn't make it a big deal so i trust it's not a deal breaker, and theres no basement) Outside is in pretty good condition.