Hi all, need some advice from you seasoned investors and anybody with legal knowledge/background.I have a good opportunity for a 2-family home.

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I'm just going to guess that the units are not legal?

It gives you better legal leverage.

Many states won't allow a licensed broker to accept compensation for ancillary services (legal, loan brokers, home inspections, etc.)

Be sure to enter a "lease-option agreement"rather than a "lease-purchase agreement".The former grants the option to buy at any time during the rental period,while the latter requires purchase by the end of the lease period and has legal ramifications for backing out.

If they don't meet other requirements, I'm not seeing that income is an issue, but if you're willing to overlook other issues, you need to change your requirements.Income should be and must be considered regardless of the source of funds for legal activities.The issue is that income must be reliable.

Dumping demo debris that is clean/legal is not that expensive.

Not your concern as far as the legal stuff, although I'd want to know what the issue is in case it could have some liability for you in the future (drugs, illegal home business).

Between the mortgage fraud that makes it hard to get loans in those areas and makes proper valuations nearly impossible, to "professional tenants" that know the laws are heavily in favor of them.