That is to say, all is well if you bought wisely, below market value, giving you instant equity, and/or the net cash flow easily exceeds the outgoing expenses.

Worst case is you have until May 5th and if you have a contract with a closing date you should be able to easily to it done by then 

Any less than that and you could easily run afoul of Fair Housing laws. 

Often this stuff can be easily eradicated with a combination of bleach and water or (better yet) hydrogen peroxide mixed with some water.And, as Adrienne has mentioned, the stuff in the kitchen can be caused by cooking methods of tenants. 

If you are comfortable with leverage, cash-on-cash returns easily start at 20% and go up from there.Appreciation will be little to none, or basically keep up with inflation.

I'm told 2 of the 3 units already have screened and approved tenants available, so we're close.I had an independent inspection, and Elite agreed to all of the proposed repairs - most were pretty minor and easily accomplished. 

You can easily run afoul of ERISA laws and risk being fined or worse.

There is easily about 25 STR's in my neighborhood alone.

I could easily get $650/month for these units as is, and could almost certainly get $750/month if I put in some new carpet and painted.

So while you can easily prove responsibility, it is a much harder thing to prove guilt of the crime.