An INVESTOR sees a "red" day, week, month, year as a INVITATION TO BUY.   

And anything you spill goes right over them, so red wine or pasta sauce will do a number on them.At least with wood finish, it blends in well, though curious to see any and all replies.

Quote from @George Red: @Eric Gerakos this may be a silly question, but how do you deny partial payment... the tenant has been paying by Venmo/Cashapp (which may be a problem in itself) or are you just saying in terms of setting expectations with the tenant.

Also, banks will not rock the boat on a mortgage being paid and use the clause/exercise it.

These are basic questions like what brings you to Redding?

Which raised some red flags for me.My concern is I don't know the real reason why the seller is selling the property. 

If they say 'no', that is immediate red flag and I will ignore that.Do legitimate and genuine private lenders go through 'Escrow' process ?

This is the biggest red flag for sellers.Well, this sounds great for Buyers.

It has appreciated almost 2.5X of the original purchase price, however the cash flow is typically $25 in the red every month sometimes more with maintenance issues. 

I looked at a couple of deals of his a few years ago but they seemed like bad deals, red flags, so I passed.