Houses, store fronts, even warehouses are being aggressively purchased, renovated then sold to a younger, higher income producing demographic.

During the conversation, she said she'd call the police, but that I'd get in trouble because there's an ordinance that landlords need to keep their buildings from being disorderly (I've since looked into this, I'm not too worried).Throughout I was calm, respectful and polite - and I think she sensed that so I was able to calm the drama a bit - but honestly, I don't like this tenant. 

I wouldn't want to get in trouble with the bank if they found out it became an investment property when it originated as an owner occupied property. 

With the returns you can produce off of a great deal you can offer returns to investors that would normally take them years to realize in more conventional investment accounts where their money is sitting. last resort should be hard money lenders.

In other words, if you have no plans on trying to pull your equity from the property, it makes little difference if you paid 50 bucks or 5 million bucks on the property, so long as it produces a commensurate level of return. 

He said that there was limited competition and he never had trouble leasing a unit.

I want to stay focused on that not being me next time the economy has trouble.

M Marie M.If she were my tenant, I would want he to arrive at the conclusion she needed to move before she gets into trouble. 

I'm almost thinking that somehow what he's doing might make sense, but I'm having trouble figuring out exactly how.

You dont want to inherit just his troubled children, you want the whole manor.