No other way.Every document she offered to show you can easily be forged and there are numerous offers on Craig's List to produce those documents for willing parties.If you did, for some wild reason, decide to forego the credit report and accept the documents she offers.

Also because usually all uits are the same age, you have the same thing go wrong around the same time, costing double for repairs -Ex: one 20 yr old AC unit goes bad - two months later, the second 20 yr AC unit goes out.so those are things to think about...As a first time landlord 3 tenants may seem a little intimidating at first, but you may find that much like wild animals, many times they are more scared of you, than you are of them - just don't let them smell blood, cause they can still be dangerous.

I refer to NYC as the "Wild West" of real estate because its so hot and there's so many pocket listings.

You would be babysitting full time and would run into very bad issues, shootings, drugs, wild stuff.

If you're focus is going to be Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens its really about who you know because NYC real estate is what I refer to as the "Wild West".

I can't master every skill needed to be wildly successful, but I can look for deals.

Is this normal and worth wild or am I being ripped off for my services?

I suggest you see your attorney and get that straightened out.I've been point stuff out here for a few years now and sometimes what comes back from investors is that they had their deal approved or blessed by their attorney, so I'll head that off if that's the case, if some attorney approved that, find another attorney.I'd say you're a creative guy, a real salesman, talented in the art of negotiation perhaps, but you should not be writing notes, it's not the wild west and things surface in time, so be careful out there. :)

While there are some who indicate you can get into this with little to no money, and a few who have deep pockets from family members/friends; it appears the vast majority have gotten into this and have been (some fairly and others wildly) successful by sheer virture of making personal/financial sacrifices and making it work.

I'm confident that I can shed some light on that Doug, somewhat better than a wild guess.