Payment up front is a bribe used to encourage a landlord to waver from their defined screening standards.

Whichever decision you choose you'll want to go all-in and not waver last thing you want to do is spend money on college and realize it isn't for you and have wasted that money.  

I have had a couple people contact me, and one person wants to come see it today, but I keep wavering.

I live in Waverly TN.

I have been wavering over the best strategy to pursue as my first real deal.  

So my business partner and I are looking at another turn key property right now in the the Waverly area and we'd love to get some help analyzing this one. 548 E 38th St. 212183 bed, 1 bath townhouse, fully renovated, updated windows, new roofasking $110k, seller says the home is worth about $140k, seller will place voucher tenant through one of 13 subsidized programs in Baltimore.

The closest I've seen is in a book on building wealth one house at a time, in which the author looks back at people that wavered over $5-$10k swings in the purchase price of homes in CA 30-40 years ago -- homes that are now worth 8-10x what they were then.I suppose your suggestion to look off-market for deeply discounted properties might be one way to do it, but I suspect that there are lots of investors that are OK buying at fair market value and finding that the appreciation and equity build more than satisfies after 15, 20, or years.

@Chad P.My wife and I are looking to invest in the Camden/waverly/New Johnsonville area.

The only thing I would waver on is the pet policy, because stable families who are great tenants often come with a pet or two.

I'm glad you found it helpful (and entertaining), @Waverly Rennie.