The county was initially fine with my plan, but then starting expressing concern about the maintaining the river front and flood plain. 

My hands are shaking, I'm feeling sick, and I'm more excited than ever. 

These deals are something of a no-mans-land between real seller financing with a mortgage and a plain lease.  

I've been looking at a bunch of 2-4 units and keep seeing vacancies and tenants paying low rent... but brokers keep throwing out the the "projected income" number in my face (even when the units have been vacant for 7...

If in the future someone exposes that lead paint and a child gets sick, that's on the owner for not doing PCADs (Post Compliance Assessment Determinations). 

If, for example, you got sick and couldn't manage the property, you might lose it when you can least afford to take a financial loss.

Business cards are cheap/free but you don't want to start out being too plain either, that's your first impression.

I remember a divorced seller many years ago, wanting to sell to me fast cheap, to piss off her ex husband, and once I looked at the divorce decree, it was plain she did not have sole rights to sell.

Hello I'm Scott Swick from West Plains, MO.  

One local bank that is still relationship based in Plains Capital Bank.