This guide is intended for nonprofit owners of affordable rental housing who need to recapitalize their properties, or who are contemplating the purchase and rehabilitation of existing affordable rental housing. There are other guides covering the technical issues surrounding the purchase and extension of subsidies for affordable rental buildings, such as LISC's Stemming the Tide. There are also numerous guides on building inspections, construction, and property management. This guide is unique in that it is written specifically for the nonprofit practitioner and combines many of the technical elements of assisted affordable housing preservation, along with an in-depth look at assessing physical needs. As such, this publication is intended to expand on Stemming the Tide and therefore presumes a working knowledge of the technical material in that publication.