I plan to discuss with the landlord and propose that either the padlock be removed so I can test and maintain the sprinkler system, or in the alternative - the landlord move the service into his name and tack on a reasonable surcharge to my rent.

Yet another alternative is some sort of line of credit.

Alternatively, you may have to move to a smaller, cheaper place.

Alternatively it's possible to get a conventional loan on a house where the seller is asking 100k or less, and you're putting down 20-25% (which would be a down payment of less than 30k).

It was an unbelievable disaster that ended up costing him just over $5k to have filled in.

Alternately, the broker could use what is called "designated agency."

An alternative might be to cut down the part that's raised up.

Not all investments will work out and unless you're comfortable leveraging your primary residence, you might want to look at some alternative ways for raising capital.

My Goals are to buy at least 10 units this upcoming 2013.Right now, I have two deals under contract and two more that I would like to bid on them, but I'm kind of stuck because even though I have very good credit, banks are still very conservative, hard money lenders makes more of the transactions unprofitable, and I would like to know what kind of private funding alternatives might I have in Florida to continue actively pursuing my goals.Your feedback on this will be very valuable to me.Regards,Alex

I'm not a Loan Broker but I can give you my perspective as an investor that is always looking for financing alternatives to fund my deals.