Mat and Mark's podcast is where I actually heard about REI for the very first time last year.

What debt do you need to eliminate to qualify for mortgages and not be a cash strapped position? 

A couple weights and yoga mats with a mirror, nothing crazy. 

I'm still in the learning/numbers cruching phaze but hope to pull up these boot straps soon. 

I should have anonymously dropped a copy of the movie Ghost on her welcome mat...and a week later two vouchers for the local pottery classes.

No wonder when a straight up lie is explained away as fearing for your own safety or some other BS that your LLC owns it.The reason you're all lying to your tenants is because you're all spineless and like to blame problems on someone else like "the big bad landlord".Strap on your big boy pants and get a grip.

My name is Mat Simmons and I’m the founder/CEO of SIMM Capital!

Also, consider the Seller may want you to just pass on seeing that unit if he/she suspects issues lie inside and, given the fact that it is a hot market, the Seller mat feel the pressure is on you.

Also maybe have something in writing that the first month rent is also due 14 days before move-in, if not lease will be terminated and deposit not refunded (have a lawyer look over that stuff.The reality is that some families are strapped for cash, and anything close to $6000 is not an easy feat for most folks. 

@Charles LeMaire  as a basis for the conversation, do a quick google search for Mat Sorenson's article called:Self-Directed IRAs, Real Estate Crowdfunding, and UBIT Tax ExplainedMat does a great job of explaining in a simple manner, showing how UDFI created by the use of leverage is offset by depreciation in the same ratio as the leverage.