I would also like to know the purchase price and current market value.

But, like you say, that ship has sailed.

Obviously very excited … But it looks suspicious to me - does this inquiry seem like some kind of scam or the beginning of a scam??

Appreciate any advice at all.Things to note: I have a well qualified plumber tenant for the bigger under house garage already.

A local property manager will make this much easier and handle the visits for you.Single-family homes can still do well, even with more apartments popping up, as they cater to tenants who want privacy and space.

3) How well prepped was your property?

If you can find an investment that pays for itself, you won't be so nervous about investing.I also recommend you educate yourself on how to manage well.

I'm extremely new when it come to real estate. I'm a second year accounting student in Ottawa ON and I have been looking into sales on assignment as a way to real way to get into the felid of real estate. I don't have...

Well worth it IMHO given poor performance of RTO/seller financed zillow listings. 

Build - rent - refinance -repeat. in columbus ohio you are buying old houses that are 1900 or 1920 or 1940 and you are in a sellers market. on the other hand you can source land which is a buyers market and build single family homes or duplex or triplexes that will return by renting and pulling cash out on a DSCR loan and doing it again. there aren't a lot of strategies that do this. flipping is different. so many risks. but when someone has a well oiled machine it's all good and less risk.