Unless you have specific items in your lease that they need to perform there is nothing you can do about how they keep their home. 

If you were to perform a cost segregation study, you could depreciate the assets included in the purchase that have shorter useful lives much more quickly which helps increase your cash flow of the property.

@Yoselin Pearce I'd encourage you to look into school zones, and target high performing school zones!

if so, its a winner...even if not, the one that is performing better covers the difference....you could always trade it, but what would it be worth in 25-years?

The portfolio was performing with all the tenants but one paying rent, which alleviated risk.

The equity you take out is the cash portion of the 50/50 equation, we want it liquid so we could front run a deflationary cycle but we want it performing to maximize returns.  

Most people seem pretty bullish on the RE market in BZN, but I wonder how much of that is optimism... they say, that because there is no large single business carrying the whole economy, it means that people are bringing their work with them, which in turn, means that a bubble shouldn't pop!!??  

I have sent a notice of default, the buyer was given the prescribed time to perform and he has not.  

What the lender wants to see is what the projected performance is looking into the future. 

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