The idea is to ease her worry of future increases in her current rent situation by letting her pay what she can afford toward this new house and I would cover the rest.

If you have conventional financing on any of your properties, and don't want to buy anything right now, using some funds to make "chunk" payments could increase cash flow pretty significantly!

Not great - but if you can find way to make the deal better (lower purchase price, minimize rehab, increase rents, get a duplex/fourplex instead of a SFH, then the numbers start making a little more sense.

We bought a foreclosure about 5 blocks from town center around 5 years ago, and have seen a 200% increase in value on that property.

Im hoping to increase this to at least to a firm $75 per door but preferably $100 per door.  

I want to thank this group for all the support, guidance, and the sharing of their experience.Calvin:Is the Vendor's agent a residential real estate agent by chance?  

If so I would send them notice of a substantial rent increase and let them make the decision to move on their own.

We contacted our apartments and they want to increase our rate 30% for every additional day.

I know a friend who’s family owned their house but on leasehold land when it came to “renegotiation” they couldn’t afford the lease rent increase (big increase) and they certainly couldn’t afford to buy the fee simple interest in the land—so they had to just walk away.

Although currently no rot or sagging was found, also recommend a professional evaluate wet joists and beams.Implication(s): Chance of water damage to contents, finishes and/or structureL