Examples of such work or tasks include guiding people who are blind, alerting people who are deaf, pulling a wheelchair, alerting and protecting a person who is having a seizure, reminding a person with mental illness to take prescribed medications, calming a person with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) during an anxiety attack, or performing other duties.

The other half I'm flying a little more blind.

We primed and repainted the whole place and washed the carpet (tide and bleach) but there is still a smoke smell probably from the carpet (and maybe the blinds which are in great condition but are covered with tar). 

To most landlords (or landladies) out there the above statement is a flash of the blindingly obvious, but for some it is a very controversial statement.  

You can bid blindly or with limited lien information and hope for the best.  

Everything you said is true, it doesn't meet the 2%, 1% or 50% rules which I know and applied to other properties, but I think we were blinded by the fact that the property meets a lot of our other requirements + it has great appreciation potential based on its location (speculation I know).

I know you're excited to have your first deal in the works, but don't get blinded by the thrill of the deal and lose sight of the fact that the point is to make money.

This is how $800 withheld can turn into thousands.I can see on your profile that you are new to rental property, but don't let your beginners luck blind you to the risks.

It is quite literally "bling leading the blind, into the ditch".  

What's even worse are the ones that have some money to blindly invest and are lucky enough to be in a sustained bull market, using as much leverage as they can manage to acquire, and then lose everything when the market turns bearish, which it always does.