After you get that first one, I would start looking for BRRRR strategy, and if you have time to market direct to seller you can try to negociate seller financing and sub to deals. 

Not necessarily a scam, maybe someone trying to save fees. 

I wrestled with trying to turn that into a short term rental in my mind several times.

Just a follow up question, were you utilizing debt to invest, I have always been taught since a young age to try and not utilize debt (I come from a family of stock market investors, traditional business owners) where debt is not utilized as frequently which I obviously understand debt can be a very powerful tool and utilized in a great way its just something I want to avoid with my investments to an extent any suggestions for investing without debt or as little as possible. 

And must be pretty significant unreported income if it would have caused $45k in state tax liability.You advised your client to wait past the expiration of state statute.

As someone who occasionally works with these investors, I always try to emphasize the challenges that come with real estate like managing renovations, dealing with tenants, and navigating market fluctuations.

(It was Hollywood and everybody has dogs)2) Somebody tried selling the appliances that came with the unit which included the fridge, dishwasher, stove & microwave.3) We were recently affected by the fires and had to evacuate, some tenants refused to evacuate even after police forced them to because they were "tougher than the fire".Have you heard of those horror stories about tenants completely trashing apartments and feces all over the apartment?

I tried the Reia and it's basically a giant sales pitch

If it’s a must-have, it might be worth the extra time in your schedule.

You must have a team in place if not so not even think about buying anything.