I bring this up because sponsors need to know that their reputations for delivering on their promises to investors is more valuable than the income from acquisition fees.

I made the appointment and my wife wasnt there , the salesman was pissed I told him she had to deliver a baby .

I have already delivered 5 day pay or quit notices that expire today.

The property should be functional when delivered, so I would be suspicious of a tenant that had a non-stop list of items that needed repair.

So what the free market does is listen to what the customers want and then deliver on it - cheap PM.

Too late to require the owner deliver the unit vacant?

In both Denver and Colorado Springs, we had numerous clients in the last two years move here from San Francisco and Seattle to get a (slightly) more affordable home and enjoy the lifestyle that Colorado delivers (@Matt M.'

Tell them they need to deliver the duplex the way you took it under contract.

Under promise and over deliver.

Since you seem interested in improving properties, the one idea not mentioned, is finding a property that will delivered totally vacant, but beat up.