we worked through the old owner and tried to get to the kids when ever possible.. all leads were leads until the logs were on the ground.. a few things we did to speed things up  were as posted above and pretty obviouswe set up 1031s  but hard to sell to an 80 year old who could not fathom how that could be legal.and a few did charitable remainder trusts  probably even more complicated and the ones' where we bought those deals I would say the sellers were pretty savvy folks not your typical tree farmer. so as many have stated whats the sellers best interest and your best interest is many times vis a vi taxation not aligned in any manner.

Incomes are pretty much equivalent.

If it were me you would need a pretty sweet offer to convince me to go outside of my tax strategy. 

Based on numbers alone, it's a pretty good deal.

This is a pretty broad question.

If it isn’t a “hard no” then there’s still a strong chance you get some pretty onerous terms on that 2nd lien.

Some costs (repair the dish washer, carpet cleaning at unit turnover, etc.) are pretty fixed regardless of rent level.

Now this area has pretty much caught up to pre-2008 crash levels, and prices like those 2015 houses are largely a distant memory (I just bought a duplex in St.

I get it every once in a while, but not often. 15% cash on cash for multis is pretty strong..

.- I am sympathetic to what I believe are real health concerns by the tenant's parents, but i can't figure out how they can be tied to the house based on the mold test results or visual inspections completed by the management company's maintenance team or abatement company.- based on what I feel was an unreasonable counter I'm not sure how to frame my response to the tenants.My questions for the BP community:- Could I be missing something causing real health issues?