I really love this site because I feel that the individuals on here are really genuine.I really want to help others get out of a financial situation and I'm really passionate about the real estate business.I really want to network with others and learn more even if I have to pay.I am finding leads and a question I wanted to ask is if a house is up for auction is there a way to stop the home from going to auction before the day of...

Raise your tenants rents annually, there is no excuse to be under market, and when they decide to move out that is when you renovate and then raise the rent to your new market for the new tenants.There is no financial upside to renovating when you already have paying tenants.

I'll start by saying that I am no financial expert. 

Their selling may not mean anything is untoward just that their situation has changed and they want something new or to get out of what they have, they could have run into financial trouble, gotten tired of being owners or want to deploy their capital in a better market.

As far as I know, when you rent an apartment, your landlord has the obligation to provide you with a living space that is fit for human habitation.

If you assign the contract to a new buyer, that new buyer will have to take the property with all the obligations of those tenants, which will yield either a smaller overall purchase price or simply make it more difficult to assign. 

The sellers were in financial distress and needed to sell quickly.

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It seems to me that there's a hard limit on how far they can rise without tanking the entire economy given the level of public and private debt as well as the impact on financial markets. 

I don't wish to upset the family but I can't sacrifice my own family's financial well being for their plight.