Record highs.

@Alex McGhee - they should be public records;  check with whatever county you are interested in.

In our opinion, an investor should only work with agents that meet at least one of the following:1) Own rentals themselves for at least 24 months2) Have a 3-5 year track record of rental transactions, that they can document3) Know how to calculate 1% Rule, ROI, NOI, etc.4) Have access to tired investors selling the rentalsHopefully, the agents you've been referred to meet one or more of these:)

I often sound like a broken record suggesting first trust deeds paying 9% to new investors.

First question, did they provide you with pictures of mold for your records?   

Record high prices to buy a property and record high STR inventory coming on line seems to me like a very challenging situation to make the numbers work on a go forward basis… Anyone have advice?

Secondly, I do not have a high confidence he is still at that address of record, or alive, for that matter.

BBL has very strict STR guidelines, if your Max Occ sign doesn't match what they have on record, according to the County Assessor, you may have code enforcement come calling.

1.Contact the title company2.Contact owners title insurance :Re: Policy is not reflected on their records Yet?

So you'll want meticulous records that show the money going only into that property.All this being said though, you may find that it is to your advantage to not try and carve these out of the sale.