Eventually, you have to recognize that, yes, there a lot of bad people out there waiting to ambush you for whatever you've got, but there's a lot of good people too.

Nothing herein shall be construed to preclude use of an electronic signature as defined in § 59.1-480, or an electronic notarization as defined in § 47.1-2, in any written notice under this chapter or legal process under Title 8.01.I suppose I take some liberty in my interpretation, but it's because I've seen a judge dismiss a U.D. case when the defendant said they did not receive an email notifying them of the landlord's choice to non-renew.If you provide "notice" in one of the methods that code recognizes then I can't imagine a judge dismissing a case because the defendant says they didn't receive it. 

Lenders are a dime a dozen, but if you do good work people will start to recognize it and eventually use you as a back-up lender.

If you consistently analyze properties, it will be much easier to recognize a good deal when it shows up.5.

When I was earning a lot more than I needed, it was easy to take the risk with disposable money.I want to quickly point out that in order to really take advantage of getting these seemingly tremendously lucky deals, you need two things:1) Recognize the Opportunity and2) Be prepared (usually by having the money for it)When I started working in my professional IT Job, that gave me the preparation part.When I started learning about the financial calculations, especially Future Value, NPV, DCF, etc.

Is your unit so difficult to rent that you are willing to take the risk or are you just desperate and willing to gamble on a very long shot.My advice is keep looking.

@John Bastidas I’ve dealt with these, but typically the county/city won’t reduce the fines (to usually less than 10%) until After the violations are corrected....which makes it somewhat of a gamble for the buyer.IF they can get the fines reduced and paid off, and the lien removed, prior to your closing....no problem.

I recognize that Arlington is already expensive and was not planning to buy directly there, but rather around it.

They way I see it, this is no different than you gambling 1,200/mo in Vegas. 

You have to know how to read financial statements so you can begin to recognize a problem when it starts.