They simply throw them away because no one like spam. so that doesn't count!

When you buy foreclosures you take a gamble on stuff like this.  

I suspect two things are happening here: 1) Hotels are lobbying hard to squeeze VR's in this time of crisis and 2) the Governor made a calculated gamble that STR's are many small fish who, individually, are unlikely to sue while Hotels would certainly do so. 

Up until this point you've come really close to what I'd call gambling three times. 

I'm not sure I can at the moment as I only have about 50k cash (soon to be ~130k, but I don't want to be gambling away inheritance).

On the Nigerian thing I have also seen China and other areas send spam e-mail with a legitimately wealthy person there they are impersonating.A quick way is to take the e-mail you get and copy it and then go to google.com and paste it.

The Borrower has a right to their privacy and is subject to Fair Credit standards.BTW, obtaining a credit report to review the first line history is also a gamble.  

I would do it again but it was a gamble not seeing inside of house etc however it selling tommorow and it cost attorney fees, for mediation and that's about all that was extra since was an ejectment and not eviction.

You can cheat/gamble when you've got the cash and experience and still want to, but I wouldn't recommend it on your first one. 

I'd much rather invest for a 1% rule with the help of people I know and trust. 2% rule is not worth the gamble, if you don't have a team.