A traveling sales man can probably store boxes of toothbrushes and brushes in the garage without any unreasonable concern as he sells the inventory on a route, a bit of judgment applies, certainly he can't store lawnmowers in crates or bathroom fixtures or gas welding supplies.

Also, check out the BiggerPockets podcast to brush up on your lingo and discover a multitude of other ways to make money in real estate besides just flipping houses.

Many folks lost many many million so dollars investing in that city .. so you get painted with that brush unfortunately.. so that's why you need your local HML like me with a little pot belly my big cigar and I take a liking to you.. that's how it works

Another trick I've tried is using applying tape to the area of skin, in hopes it collects the slivers like a lint brush.

As someone who's business is based on high prices charged for quality work, we see the reality of flipping in Denver without trying to paint with a broad brush, but the facts are that too many flippers make their profits off the backs of their help, they do so much under the table, with the cheapest, unlicensed labor they can find to do something good enough for it to last long enough to get sold.

If they brush you off or return your call two days late, that is what you can expect when you sign with them.2) Are they willing to send you the management agreement and lease they use prior to signing so you can review it?

People can't paint all the landlord tenant laws with one broad brush stroke.

I would not brush them off.

These types will never be professionals, they lack the mind set to be in business, they are the wheeler dealers, the back lot car salesman, the door to door brush salesman, the "music man" who sold parents on his "think system" to play band instruments.

The house is obviously vacant old newspapers, overgrown brush, city violations in door, etc.