If the property can be improved enough, it just comes off the top end - IE instead of clearing 20k lets say you might clear 15k because of 5k in additional bank costs. 

If I could buy the house I would drastically improve its value and this would help the neighbors current situation as well. 

Sounds like you need to sell one of them so you can afford to maintain and improve the other 2.  

We buy fixers to owner occupy and improve them over 2 years so that we have the tax free capital gains when we PCS.

Wholesalers tend to get a bad reputation but some have truly helped countless homeowners improve their situations. 4.

Every year i have done a major improvement to the home.The home was acquired by FTE at some point and all communications from vpm stopped.

Rates not likely to improve but prices are already starting to soften.

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When I bought the property I was planning on holding some cash back to do improvements however I ended up needing to add those funds to the down payment to avoid a "jumbo loan" at a higher rate.

HOWEVER, I would take an hour to figure out market rates, condition to know approximate expense ratio, know what to plan on capital expenditures, and know what as improved rental rates and expenses associated with that would be.