At a bare minimum, I'd have a T-12 and rent roll for the property, together with your current property analysis, future cash flow projection, and an exit strategy or two.

And I fumbled myself right into some amazing deals just simply walking around, knocking doors, talking to people. 

There are thousands of these apartments in Hudson and Essex county and there simply isn't enough manpower to enforce them all and it may even be against their interests to do so. 

If you are in UNY, you can see if you can get a commercial loan through M & T Bank. 

For many investors, an LLC acting as a Holding Company is going to offer the ability to manage the entity simply and provide limited liability protection.

catfiddle is the one I am talking about you simply cannot get materials to that lot without walking them in..

IE if you are wanting to wholesale which I don;t reco today, its too hard, you want a list of high equity owners BUT BUT the value is in figuring out a source of stress, a reason why the owner is on the virge of wanting to sell. 

At times, we have simply went across the street when one lender said no or gave us a high quote. 

It simply amazes me how many landlords never look at the law until they are hit with a non-paying tenant or some other issue.  

I've got one program that my fast flippers like for its 'no seasoning' requirement, and then a few 90-day seasoning programs that work really well also.Occupancy: some programs can refinance vacant properties, while others will simply need it to be leased prior to closing.