It would be like if all the restaurants in town were just random people serving mediocre food in their living rooms, but then one day a bunch of real restaurants opened on Main Street.

At the end of the day, a good tenant who respect agreement and relationship with landlord worth way more than the tenant with three active red flags.Good luck.

At the end of the day, a lot more goes into investment decisions than just cashflow and appreciation. 

So at the end of the day as the seller, who cares which one you get?

My issue came down to the fact that I currently have a full time W2, that I actually love and enjoy and the purpose to my RE adventure was to start securing additional income for my wife and hopefully family one day as well as supplement my income.

At the end of the day a lender isn't going to give you a loan because you have a bachelors degree.

The next day a smarter investor offered them a full price cash offer, at that point I was beat.That duplex is worth 510k+ in the same condition todayI learned my lesson after this mistake.

Two days later he showed up as he said he would to form and was also planning on pouring that day as well.

@Nathan G.My understanding of NC law is that rent is due on the 1st day of the month and is considered late on the 2nd day. A

@Wayne Brooks I never said I'm not buying, at the end of the day a sale has to occur, either from me or from a buyer that I'll put on place, if not the seller will loose the house in forclosure; what I'm saying is that I'll not offer buy the house I'll offer HELP them(save the house from going forclosure, preserve their credit, etc) and that there's nothing wrong with "offering to help" like you stated in your previous post.