But if he puts it in the deal only to window dress or legitimize his otherwise mediocre deal, that makes me very suspicious.

This may lead to your bank closing your account and filing suspicious activity report (SAR) on you.

I hope I'm wrong, but the timeline seems suspicious...Everything I've read online has stated 3 weeks for court date after 3-day eviction notice, and then 3-7 days after the court date to vacate. 

Lenders will be suspicious that I am trying to occupy properties as an investor while paying home owner interest rates (~3.5%), instead of putting 20% minimum down payment as required by investors.

We insist on cash, cashier's check, or money order.As for accepting a whole year's rent up front, that usually seems suspicious to me. 

Even then you could always 1031 though I have heard those can be a pain.For only 1200/month I wouldnt bother with a sfr unless you are just looking to build equity and not worried about the cashflow unless you can get that 3 bed 1 bath for 115 and get a renter at 1200 without any money invested if you are getting 150k instant equity at purchase and it is priced that low and didnt sell the second it hit the .market I would be very suspicious of it.

I am waiting to get quotes from other contractors to compare because I am suspicious of just going off what they give me.

The seller is the property management company so I am somewhat suspicious.

This creates a lot of distrust as the guest becomes suspicious as to why you're still collecting their info even when they've unchecked the box allowing you to store their info. 

Anytime someone is trying to sell something to you and they start attacking you when you ask too many questions or probe too hard, that's a pretty good reason to be suspicious of what they're selling.I wish I could say that after reading through the thread yesterday that I expected more than an unprofessional response from you, but I didn't.