Do not cut any corners on a prospective deal to make it look better.Always do the math analysis and try to look at the prospective property before you submit an offer or at least have a clause in the sales contract that allows you some time (about 10 days) to make a detailed inspection without having a penalty that will hurt you too much.  

I just charge the prospective tenant for the cost.

That way the prospective buyers can go home and consider which house to get... the beige/gray one, or the beige/gray one?  

You are now forced to move your accounts and parked cash to some other prospect bank who says they'd be open, then you offer to move your banking and reserves accounts to them.

If fact, you can not deter nor prevent damages. 

Then, factor in your knowledge of probate law and process in your state and you gave a distinct advantage of how to be helpful to the prospective admin or other PR as seller. 

The deals I have been looking at are solid prospective investments in terms of potential cash flows.

I currently own a few rentals in different states, but since getting my real estate license i have started looking at family and friends for prospecting new deals as a new agent.I have a family member who has been renting houses for as long as i can remember between her and her boyfriend, but they both have some bad credit due to falling behind a few years back after both losing their jobs and juggling life for a while tell they found new jobs.I am a bit unsure about this idea still due to the fact that i have been running numbers on multi-family homes to purchase in the near future and turn into rentals, but i want to help them if it's a viable idea...I wanted to get your opinion on maybe purchasing a house based on their needs and running a lease option on the house for them to purchase down the road when they have the credit again....Right now they are renting a 3/1/1 for $1200/month and there is a lot of 3bed houses around them that are in the 100k and below that would meet the needs of them, im just worried about buying the house for them tieing up my own money and not have enough financing available to continue purchasing investment properties as my rental income from all my current rentals is my only income coming in right now as i start the career of an agent.

Hello Everyone, I've been prospecting/calling/bothering people in the Cobb/DeKalb/Fulton areas around Atlanta and I need an EXPERIENCED agent to refer listing leads to. 

Try out new real estate lead source, cold calling cold prospects (I'm only dialing expired's, cancels, and withdrawn's for the time being).Please keep me accountable, BiggerPockets!