The lower unit is small and gets rented 6-9 months at a time to traveling school people like occupational therapists.

Though, if your client base is nice retired people, it probably won't matter.  

They will substitute in their own sense of fairness knowing people are unlikely to appeal such a small issue.

Are there people in Fort Worth that are actively involved in wholesaling and/or fixing fliping?

Here in TN brokerages regularly hold EM deposits; I have a dedicated account for such deposits myself, by law, even though I don't actively broker RE but just maintain my brokerage for the PM side of things.

I think it's going to be location specific for sure; where I am very few people hang out in the house all day long as they are usually busy hitting the parks and attractions. 

Right now, land (unless in a hot market) takes a special type of buyer/developer to turn it into money, so you're better off finding the thing the people with the money want. land tends to sit a long time...

You'll find your ceiling where people snag your unit and are happy versus it sitting empty.  

I know so many people who have been ripped off by contractors.  

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