By then correcting problems may be difficult if not impossible and then you're stuck with the contract terms good or bad.How long the seller has owned the property is irrelevant as is how well you think you may know them. 

Combine with STR loophole to offset W-2 income.LLC: Offers legal protection, but no tax benefits unless you're flipping or managing rentals as a business.Family Tax Strategy: Hire your kids for real rental work, pay them tax-free (up to $13,850), and fund Roth IRAs or cover college costs.Real Estate Professional (REP): Difficult with a full-time job, but if your spouse qualifies, all rental losses can offset W-2 income.These strategies can unlock major tax savings when structured and documented correctly.This post does not create a CPA-Client relationship.

We spend thousands of dollars per month on fraud detection systems and they are virtually impossible to catch without them.

Offsetting the consequences for energy use is almost impossible.

I'm assuming you have a 401k - so you being a REP is impossible (you will not qualify - there is actually a court case that sets precedent for this).

Things are expensive and moving fast, but not impossible.

Multifamily properties are a bit harder to find where I'm at, but not impossible.

With a flipper's closing costs, holding costs, the flipper's profit, the wholesaler's profit and more it would be impossible unless a buyer just wanted to do it for the fun of it! 

The bummer is I’m in Fresno Ca housing cost is high, rents are low, insurance sometimes can be impossible to even purchase.

This will give you the best net. selling with a squatter in place is not the best move and will eat into your profits as potential buyers don't want to deal with remove the person and gaining access to the property will be impossible.