This can help with acquisition and rehab of rentals while giving you time to refinance after 12 months into traditional lending products.

I have also heard so many investors horror stories about finding quality people to help renovate and maintain the their property while being out of town please let me know if I can help !

I hire a quality home inspector and trust what they tell me.   

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They're just products of the individual banks that offer them, so each lender can make up their own rules. 

Also, you don't have to spend so much money on a turnkey product; $190k for a duplex seems really high.

15 year old fiberglass tubs can crack with normal wear and tear.....they do have a finite lifespan.....often longer than 15 years, but it depends on the quality of the materials and the set up..... but they can also be beat to hell and crack from doing something stupid.I think the big issues is that they noted the issue 4 month ago and didn't say anything........ and now the damage may be far greater.What does your lease say about tenant notifying the landlord of damages or issues at the unit?

Example:  House sells for $200,000 at a discount because its trashed or badly out dated or both, it needs 100,000 for rehab to be a first class HGTV quality rehab that will be appraised to have after reno value (ARV) of say $375,000.

The quality of life may have declined, but this site is focused on real estate investment.   

Statesville, Monroe, Gastonia and Kannapolis/Concord are fine sub markets for the product you seek and you will get a b-or c type product and client with no tremendous long term upside.