Make sure the contract protects your earnest money deposit with things like loan contingencies, appraisal contingencies, etc, and that escrow isn't with his Cousin Billy or something, but a legit firm.

And, you wouldn't be paying a 12% fee for a legit LOC.

I've been a carrot customer for ~4 mos and think they have great tools and a great platform.

The problem is that Podio is not the best for email communication within the platform.

The original owner had it listed online (local legit wholesaler) so I replied all with a copy of the guys asking price and asked what value she added to earn 15k?

If you asked me who were the  top 8 legit turnkey companies in our market they would never come up in conversation.  

Welcome @Jason Yun biggerpockets very trust worth platform to start learning  

An out of state owners agent of a C+ property tells you "don't worry, lots of rent is paid in cash to avoid taxes, it's totally legit..." and you are still considering it?

welcome my fellow Louisianian, wish you the best of luck within the BP community, please utilize the platform to spread your brand looking forward to hearing about the wonderful things that you have up your sleeve in the lake charles area!.....

Different banks will ask for different things to get comfortable that your income is legit.