And yes, that is generally the "hood", so if you are considering some sort of rehab you may want to have a conversation with your contractor as to ways to safeguard the house while the work is going on if you decide to move forward with it.

They can be really sensitive to heat, depending on grade I guess, especially the darker colors (ie: trendy gray), and can leave a permanent light discolored mark after you put a hot plate of food on it...like even out of the microwave.

As a result you can make the IRR say pretty much anything you like by changing some assumptions.Since your investor sounds like a financially sophisticated person, a way to impress him or her might be to run a "sensitivity table" that shows various IRRs depending on the inputs.

What’s more, since the decision includes extensive discussion about the many factors that should be considered when looking at a disparate impact claim, the court appears sensitive to the kinds of concerns that were identified by real estate professionals in a working group NAR created several years ago to look at the disparate impact issue.In that group, two main concerns were identified: that real estate professionals and others not be held liable for actions if they had no reasonable way of knowing that a disparate impact would be the outcome, and that real estate professionals not be expected to do extensive research into the possible disparate impact of their actions.

Calculate your exit price and see if that's a scenario you can live with, and if you are so inclined, run a sensitivity analysis to calculate your IRR with a variety of income growth factors and exit cap rates.

And if the people they sold to won't just willingly deed it back they can't even control the asset.. since they no longer own it.Sub too while nice for a buyer is incredibly Risky for a seller ... unless very detailed safeguards are put into place.. which of course are rarely done... most sellers just figure this out when they get a late notice and freak out. !!! 

I think the sensitivity to a recession is greater as you go to the newer and poorer parts of Metro Atlanta.  

People with high net worth are very sensitive to the idea that people want something from them.

That looks like PVC pipe , it will work , but its UV sensitive it will get brittle over time.

Are there other ways to safeguard my cash in case the property doesn't sell right away?