-Ask him why he's selling (this will likely bring up a pain point for the seller, which is good for a sale: bad property management, bad tenant experience, doesn't have time, no longer lives in the area so he/she can't properly run the property, etc.)

Asset protection entities and strategies complement regular insurance, because insurance doesn't cover you in all scenarios.

Even if the smoker doesn't smoke inside the unit, they will bring the odor in with them on their clothes.The cost to restore a 2 bedroom apartment after a smoker was greater than $2000.

@Nick Causa doesn’t sound like it was “ rent ready” when you took on tenants .

In fact, I'd rather it not look nice as if it doesn't, I'll assume there is some upside. 

I am sure you know, but Freddie 5% down is also a very viable option for a 1-4 unit purchase and it doesn't have any self-sufficiency requirement.

This is sort of dead money because I am now paying a pref return on this money even though it's not being put to work on a count of I can only renovate units as they turn over.The other options are to renovate units with the property cash flow which seems like the wrong way to go about it - and that still doesn't alleviate the problem of property renovations eating into CoC returns though it solves the problem of "dead money".The last solution I can think of is to raise the money year by year as you need it which presents other problems.

Only purchase if it's removed- Lender: Need to see what comes out from Title company's effortDifficulties:- Can't reach the optionor, and optionee is an LLC- Public record in Texas doesn't show the image (working on recovering)- Closing date is soonQuestion:- What can I do to remove it?

Just because you don't make as rent doesn't mean the costs are not comparable.

People in or out of my area.. doesn't matter... any input or comments would be awesome!