This was a once a year thing, and they hadn't complained when the upstairs neighbors had had a party at Halloween, or when any of the people below them had parties.My feeling is that the truth was somewhere in between.  

Truth is...I don't have time to allocate to doing those things and be effective (or perhaps in part because I'm lazy, sure).

Any truth in this?

Truth be told, It's really one of the only areas I can afford to invest in.

@Sarah Anne A typical arrangement I've seen is the PM will not charge for advertising if there is not a cost too it (e.g. craigslist, the PM's own website, sign in front; though in truth there is a cost to them in terms of time), but the owner pays if there is a cost (e.g. newspaper classified). 

You may want to see if there have been any major repairs / augmentation done and any possible litigation.

@Sean Edgar told the truth about doing more than most investors.

There are plenty of links on BP that give the truth about the challenge that wholesaling is.

While I do believe there's some truth to the cash buyers, I've been reading lots of blogs here on BP and I thought that anything over $50k+ could be financed?

Then just break it keep the ones you liked and  tell the rest the truth... you were looking for information. i would not see why they would not be cool with it because the big picture was to get you to spend so no matter who you called you were going to spend money on the "Great Real Estate Game".Hope this helps.