@Mike Kehoe I would say hold the cash and wait until the market turns, my dads says it best opportunity usually comes when there is blood in the water, if anything I would consider financing a duplex with a portion of that money down, but I wouldn’t get into any fix and flips right now, especially knowing that you could potentially buy those same properties for cents on the dollar in the near future, I know of a few duplexes in the heart of Tempe that are currently for sale but in my opinion they are a bit overpriced based on the Roi but let’s talk if your interested,

Later that day when they arrived at their new house they walked into the kitchen and found him on the floor in a pool of blood with splatter all over the kitchen.

If they are using a Fannie/Freddie type of loan on an investment property then gift funds are NOT allowed at all.Gift funds would need to come from a blood relative:  Mother, Father, sibling, children, grandparents are all fine.  3rd cousin twice removed is not fine. 

Sorry, but our slopes out here are extremely slippery, being consistently re-greased by the blood, sweat, and tears of of the alleged rich.

Right now his blood level is 4 on whatever scale they use.

And you’ll have a strong, stable income that will give you better access to the lending you’ll need to make in the investments you’ll want.You’ve already invested most of the blood, sweat and tears to get that Pharm. 

As they start tearing out the carpet they stop, declaring the place a health hazard due to the blood spatter stains on the plywood flooring.

I can go to small claims court, but things like "blood from a turnip" and more filing fees make that less than desirable.

Often there are long waiting lists for section 8 housing in NJ and sometimes they do not take on new applicants.Generally, no a family member cannot be the landlord of a Section 8 household, unless the tenant is disabled and requests a reasonable accommodation.A relative by blood or marriage may only be the landlord of a Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher household if the tenant is disabled, they require a specially-modified unit, and such a unit is only available from a relative.

That is seen when you screen tenants properly . if they have a pattern of broken agreements, job loss , evictions , debt , criminal justice involvement, etc , could be a sign of substance abuse / alcoholism. more important  to look for those red flags than to measure their blood alcohol level