Pretty much everything I’ve purchased has been initially negative but through raising rents year, value appreciation, debt pay down, etc there are many solid investments if you hold long term.

When my husband and I went for an initial inspection to see what needed to be fixed, we found the grass was completely dead and not watered in the hottest months (several evidences to support this).

mostly waiting and observing.accumulate more cash.SF Bay Area is showing signs of weakening, initially in rent and gradually price.even though August showed huge price gain, the marketing is cooling down obviously. currently have one under contract in Hayward.

I have a tenant in Los Angeles in a rent controlled unit which was initially rented to a husband and wife.

It's just a jumping off point, the goal is to make initial connections and build on them later, one on one.

I could then refinance the loan to pay the initial lender.

The amenities continue to improve and there are still several massive public/private initiatives in the works like the Hostess block and the East-Central plan. 

As least it's a reasonable guide for initial assessment + 10-20%.

My initial thoughts are small commercial lenders (credit unions), commercial realtors, real estate attorneys, commercial developers, and civil engineering firms.

Go find another house, move into it... wash, rinse, repeat.The key is getting financing  on the initial purchase.