Further, a broker that “pocketed” a listing instead of advising the seller to place it on MLS and seek a bidding war would be committing a violation of fiduciary responsibility to their client.  

Maybe you could ask her to sign a lease addendum advising her that her ex lives in the building and asking her to certify there are no restraining orders and such limitations on either on either of them to her knowledge.

If it’s not an emergency, when they make their request, we thank them for letting us know, and advise that we’re keeping a list of minor issues and that we’re planning to address these types of things in one trip in the next month or so.

I'm going to run some details by you and I'd like all of you who feel you are qualified to advise me so I can learn how to properly analyze these deals and be more cognizant of potential pitfalls/mistakes:So, I found this property off market in a Chicago real estate investment group.

By end of next year they advise 5.9% based on starting 2025 at 6.2%

Without much experience, I'd advise extreme caution.

Thank you for the advise.

For instance, if you tell me the entire $100K is going to be needed in 2 years to be the down payment on your primary residence", I'm going to advise a different investment type than if you tell me "the money only needs to return me an annualized 8% gain, I don't need the money for at least a decade, and I want zero management or oversight."

That said, I wouldn't advise someone to get into the game if the goal is short term cash flow unless they were super savvy. 

Please advise.