I have seen so many unethical sellers while doing business in past, one could write something akin to Borges's Universal History of Iniquity based on those characters. 

Write out one 1 page exactly what your looking for, a detailed, focused exactly what your looking for not "a property I can profit on" but are you looking for single family, multi, flips, how much reno in flips, structural or just cosmetic, BE SPECIFIC. 

If there is minimal furniture, that's ok, but bear in mind that the Inspector will have to cover his butt by writing into the report that the house was not clear and therefore his conclusions may be invalid and he is not liable for missing anything.

Put it in writing so there is no miscommunication. 2.

The reality is the opposite - if it's not in writing then the PMC doesn't have to provide the service or can charge extra for it!

I've found that Rentometer either overestimates or underestimates the rent depending on the location and condition of the property (e.g a house with updated kitchen, bathrooms and flooring will have a higher rent than a house where everything is 15 to 20 years old but still functional). 

One thing I would do is have writing in the purchase contract or an outside contract stating who will get what revenue, that way they can't flip on you and take all the money you though you were getting from the transition period. 

Many applicants just want to tell us their excuses over the phone, but if they won’t take the time to put it in writing, we find they rarely end up being good tenants.UnderwritingTraditionally, landlords have only looked at the income of applicants and approved those having income equal to three times the property rent.

If it was me I would give them the 1000 and have your lawyer write a release of all claims as to the water.. and probably not renew unless other wise they are great tenants.. but if your already asking for pre signed checks sounds like collections maybe an issue as well.

I like that the HELOC functioned more as a credit card, and I only had to pay for what I used, so I had 200K of equity on hand, but only had to pay the interest on 120K.