A lot of us hit the forms just to help people.

If so, that's your prime market to start in because you have a competitive advantage of boots on the ground you trust of personal knowledge.If I were you, and new, I would not do fixers, I would buy turnkey or rent-ready properties or you are going to have to trust a whole lot more people to do what you want to be done.

Most people have a mortgage on their home when they sell it.

I can’t make someone sell their property, some people will not be reduced to a dollar amount.

I'm just more familiar with people quoting gross rents and typically assume the cleaning fees are being paid by guests. 

Ideally you'd be there too (or a manager if you had one) as that is best practice in my opinion, but being remote you just have to outsource everything to people you trust. 

This seller feels like he has a good position to turn down people who need to finance.

So that tells me if people residing here PRIOR to MY move in says there's mice.

(The other scammers are from posts here on Bigger Pockets from people with similar situations as mine) McMann Commercial Lending, Walter Trock & Michael LanzaGenie Investments - David Hughes and Mike ConnerSilversky capital out of Lubbock, TX.Jerry Yang and Guatam ShahSmartZip - Smart ZipAmerican Money Loan ServicesTom Vanderlaan.FLIP AND FAST LOANS LLC.Also read this post.

You mentioned that you did your due diligence and that the people behind the project are legit.