It sounds cliche to say but it literally is extremely close to all sorts of stuff - it's got all that and not only does it have no HOA is somehow unincorporated county land.

Your plan sounded good up until you said rent it out and refi.

Sounds like a very bad idea unless you have experience.

Make your case and make it clear to them what you feel is a fair resolution.Your landlord sounds like a novice that is way too over protective of the property.

There sounds like there is much work to make repairs and upgrading. 

It may sound nice to pay a 5% management fee but the extra fees can add up to be more than the other company that charges 10% with no add-on fees.

Bigger Pockets is such a wealth of knowledge that it is easy to get somewhat lost.You can search forums by category and scroll through the most recent for interesting sounding topics or search for specific keywords.  

If you have equity and it sounds like you do.. if your in first at 15k on a duplex in Cleveland even one in the hoody is worth 50k..

I had to actually only do one at a time due to $ restraints in my situation.My initials thoughts were to be able to either back out of the deal or renegotiate, but having that set amount already in the contract, sounds like it'll be less headache.

Then I should sign up for skiptrace, then pay for mojosales.com and lastly I should use fiverr or upwork to get a list of FSBO in a 50 MILE radius of my zip code... does all this sound legit?