I always viewed it as "who cares how much money I put down", I plan to pay them all of before I retire as part of my ultimate strategy anyways. 

Security deposit will take care of the last month of unpaid rent, but I'm considering filing a small claims court lawsuit to get a judgement for recoverable damages.

No problems with rust but do have to deal with hard water; they have a chemical treatment called a pillow that takes care of that.

Care to share?

There's too many investors who are front page news in Northern states re CFDs gone bad and Texas where lease options went bad and the state enacted buyer protections...Take care to all.   

Most land bank properties, Detroit or Wayne County, are trainwrecks and cost more to rehab than they are worth - unless the market keeps improving.Be careful on the next one, but keep improving Detroit!

I’ve taken care of all my debt and am pre-approved for roughly $220,000.

Timing your next investment is all about balancing risk and financial comfort—trust your instincts and run the numbers carefully.

You have to be a serious individual that takes care business.

I wonder if Mitch was able to get his refi done before a NOD was filed and or late payments were put on the orginal sellers credit report.. this is the real risk to the seller if they value their fico score at all.. on some of this stuff the sellers credit is already trashed and they dont care.. but if folks buy from someone that does care holy cow when they get the NOD notice its right to the attorney..