Legitimate lenders may charge a small application fee (around $250) to verify you’re serious, but if someone’s asking for thousands with no real intention of closing, that’s a huge red flag.On a more positive note, there are creative financing approaches out there.

Big red flag would be her telling you not to come to town.

I compare that to the trulia crime map and stay away from the red areas.  

Of course it is a red flag!

That's aside from a renter placement fee (from a property manager or real estate broker), so with that into account, it could be about $3000 into the red on year one of a rental lease.

I've used Propstream, Red X and Real Estate skip trace with varying levels of information accuracy.

Many insurance policies also require re-development within two years, a near impossible timeline in a region with the coastal commission, perhaps only second to Manhattan in terms of permitting and red tape.

This could definitely be a red flag, but we would need to know more beforehand.

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Let me guess, RH, REDS , ALL S Monument ?