(oh, there is a secret 3rd option we are looking at - a store does have 100ft of our old flooring which is about 10 or 20 feet short, so we could intermix that flooring with another brown to at least have most of a match. the other, non-matching floor would be intermixed throughout the room.

Hello: So, I have a chance to make a deal for a few rentals, but I am not sure the best way to structure it to satisfy both sides.  Here is the situation, I have a colleague who owns a handful of rentals and is lookin...

Your post is as non-comittal as your showing was apparently.One thing is clear, your tenants believe they were promised, and are paying for, AC.

I think you're going to be hard pressed to find this on a non multi-family building, but that additional information may help to provide some additional guidance.

The issue with that plan is that the FHA max financing is 75% LTV when using a non occupant coborrower for a multifamily.Best option would be to try to qualify him on his own.

Yep, this is definitely for people that will buy as a primary residence (not investment/non-owner occupied). 

If not, where can I get legit comps as a non-agent investor? 

Chinese sheetrock was used commonly a few years back (maybe still today) and had nasty chemicals that would emit from the bonding agents used to hold the gypsum together.

You can 1031 exchange if you like into non residential (commercial or NNN etc). 

I can't count the number of foreclosure sales I've attended that had short sales under agreement, short sale approved, just waiting to close and the bank slammed the door on it with a foreclosure.Because MA is a non-judicial foreclosure state and the banks are not required to disclose anything about the pending foreclosure, other than the public notice, it's nearly impossible for a short sale agent to know the status of a foreclosure and how much time they've got to get the deal done.