You might want to consider negotiating with the seller to resolve these issues as part of the deal.House Hacking: Living in one unit and renting out the others can be a great way to cover your mortgage and build equity.

Heard there is a massive problem with the building, can anyone confirm?

@Amee Gardner the fastest way for you to make some quick money is by finding deals that you can wholesale to other investors.Many will state you need to build a buyers list, but that's crappy advice.If you find a good deal and advertise it in just a few places, investors will find it and buy it!

build that into your timing. 

If it's within an HOA, call the HOA's property management company and ask them if they know any of the history of the lot and if they see any constraints to building it and what steps it would take with them to build on it in conformance with their CC&R's.

Hello, I'm a self-managing landlord and I'm looking to build a network of go-to people for maintenance and emergencies.

i want to keep the group small. not like industry scale crowdfunding.if I can find a property which has okay cashflow (which is hard anyways). and can collect around 10/20 people who wants to invest some cash each.I build a company to own the property and give each person a share. and give yearly dividend to each, until sold.

During or before inspection contingency, it'll be beneficial to ask for the current tenant's information.

Are all residential buildings (1-4) units taxed at the residential rate even if they are used as an investment?

I find their competitive set tool which finds comparable buildings based on actual data, quite helpful too in terms of vetting deals and providing proof of concept.