And in order for them to be willing to help me, I imagine they deserve some incentive too.

I'm also not sure exactly how much would go to principal yet, I'd imagine more than $200 per month, which happens now before the refinance.From what I have been told by a mortgage consultant, I don't think we would have a problem finding a lender; they assume we would be renting or selling that property and consider it a non-issue.

I will also tell you that at one time, someone that was schizophrenic, imagining I was a character in a game, decided that to win the game, he had to take me out, and kill me.

If they don't like it they can move or require more of themselves to land a better paying job to get more of the things they want in life AND pay the rent.For anyone reading this if you are going to have the "conscious and bleeding heart syndrome" you DO NOT need to be a landlord as you will cause more damage to your finances and investments then you could ever imagine.

There's always a chance the deal won't close, and you'll be the one who's out the most cash/effort if that's the case.If you really want to get started, I imagine you probably have at least a month or two of getting drawings, engineering, surveys, getting take-offs/bids, starting the permit process, etc.

I can imagine a host in Florida who has a guest report an alligator and support saying that’s a dangerous animal.

So, once the number for which a deal will work is known, I imagine it is simply a matter of being willing to make alot of offers knowing that most will be rejected but the play will be to find the sellers who make a counter. 

So I imagine you define clearly what qualifies as an emergency?

I can just imagine a scenario like this:Investor:  I want these HOA docs and this agent isn't returning my call!

He rented the equipment and everything and the joke is that he was down in this huge huge huge hole and it started pouring rain and it became this big mud/death pit and he got stuck down there.