It could be added into the option consideration or they hang onto to it until the purchase.Depending on the state where the property is located, you can looking into land contract sales.

I have my reservations about the ductless systems due to air quality, cleaning and maintenance involved with tenants having pets, and the eye sore of having 6 of them hanging off the side of the building. 

The time frames are low hanging fruit for inexperienced audit agents.

@Kai Ponte  I would stick to one market for now and once you get the hang of everything move to other markets.  

Granite counters all new bathrooms and so on.Outside, specifically the back yard... is becoming a little bit of a hang up.

Also, there are often bulletin boards in schools where you can hang flyers (although sometimes those need approval before posting).

@Josh Coup  Walk the area at night, see what's going on / how noisy it is / who's hanging out on the streets. 

Just finishing building a spec house and just starting 2 4 plexes that I’ll rent and hang onto. 

Time to suck it up, put on your grown up pants and stop "feeling sorry for them"...... they aren't your friends and they aren't your family....... they are your customers....and your customers just burned your investment...... and are barely hanging on to paying rent....and are "hard on the unit".

Cap and hang pvc is not time consuming what so ever.