That is the thing that has always scared me about the whole process.The good news is you can screen all applicants the same in other areas,  so make sure you have credit/civil/criminal (not in seattle)/references criteria that you are comfortable with even if your applicant is fully subsidized.If your particular applicant has $1700ish income on their own they are probably among the stronger sec8 applicants around;  might be worth giving them a shot if the rest of their background check comes back decent.

In real estate, we need to get to the seller's motivation - why do they need to sell the house, and keep reminding them of that and tying everything back to that.

my biggest fear in Real estate investing is the lunging dog.....not just being in a back yard, but particularly from being the unfamiliar face in the middle of a dead end neighborhood street....in NE Florida....a territorial dog is often loose,, or if charged up enough easily can snap the tethered tie leash or hop the small small fence...

It almost sounds like this may be something that a CRM (podio, etc) can tie into and automate with one of the direct mail places.  

I want to minimize my ties/ hide most of my identity; so that if someone tries to sue or take my property they don't get everything and might not know what I own or may own...I want to know the best way to secure the land to keep people from dumping on it or living on it... the land right now is pretty worthless and I doubt someone currently would want to live long term there, but in the future amenities and with more people might move back/into the area, which currently right now is pretty darn rural and uninhabited. also, how would I find out if septic is still good since there were no issues before the structure(s) left or no longer stand...?

@Eddie Majesky as long as the payment history it should not really matter but the longer the trade line is open the stronger it looks in regards to your credit.

So you can leave cash in it to keep it cash flowing if you don’t mind tying up your cash or you could just flip when you’re done.

You don't want to tie up your liquid cash in an investment that you may have a hard time pulling out, especially with a low cash flow.

Roofstock is overpriced, with a whole lot of process and software engineering tied to it lol.

This may be especially problematic if the funds are now tied up in an illiquid real estate project.