My question to you is... let's pretend you own the company you work at.

Multiple deals per month is clearly inventory.More bad news: I'm at war with OF gurus and their CPAs who pretend this is not a problem, based on their irresponsible position of "the IRS never raised this issue in my XX years of doing this."

Don't list the street address on CL to make it harder for someone to copy your ad and pretend to be you.

Specifically, what are your thoughts on the "ideal" (let's pretend one exists) asset allocation?

I pretend I am borrowing, work the numbers then make a cash offer.

Or pretending to be able to Screen. 

If I do have a balance, will they use my current interest payments as my debt obligation or will they pretend the interest rate is maxed out?

They’re in foreclosure, the last thing they need is someone pretending to buy their property, hoping to flip it to another buyer, then backing out at the last minute, leaving them no time to sell it to real buyer. 

I'm not gunna pretend to understand Irish laws, but typically "operational" is the only requirement for a appliance under law.

You don't need to pretend like you are a potential tenant, just ask and then say thank you and end the call.And I do like your idea of talking to the local property mgmt co's.