the Erie county site is pretty bad if that is what you're looking at.

Basically how do you help a motivated seller out of a bad situation where they free of the debt? 

THE INSPECTION:Overall, property needed ~$1,000 in misc minor repairsThe roof needed to be completely replacedBecause of the bad roof and the 'final offer' designation from the seller, I walked away from the deal.

At best, this makes the City look bad and makes homeowners/sellers (taxpayers!)

I felt so bad until I realized it was missing... anyway.I do realize 5% is still a great deal, but I was just trying to optimize my strategy to have as many properties as possible in my portfolio with the least amount of cash possible sitting idle instead of working for me.

But this whole thing definitely put me in a bad mood.

That being said, I would only replace the windows if they were bad enough and I couldn't think of any other more valuable improvement to invest my money.

Tenants love talking about their landlord (for good or bad) like investors like talking about real estate. 

Onsite manager or anyone not professional is a bad idea and slippery slope to tenant dissatisfaction.

Any and all suggestions would be greatly appreciated, including who not to use if there are people with bad reputations in the investor network.