For your buyers, yes you should ask for POF - and verify it - so you don't end up wasting time with a tire-kicker or someone pretending to be a buyer who's really just another wholesaler who will daisy-chain your deal.If your buyer doesn't perform -- it's not good.

Yes, those who really want to live in a particular place can make it work, despite bad schools.But let's not pretend that the "middle class families in nice SF homes" referenced earlier are sending their kids to Cranbrook.  

Some properties they will only release after an RFP (request for proposals) and a zillion boring community meetings where underlings of city politicians and bureaucrats pretend to listen to the concerns of those who bother with coming to community meetings.

Sometimes things are smooth, but I some of them create a bunch of hooplah in order to pretend to earn their keep.

Then it will whirl & fizzz & pretend to blow up but it's only looking for the things you need to still answer and it will give you a list of those things.Once you've gone through it a couple of times you will see how easy it is to do the "answer the questions" part.

Also, lets pretend you're buying within an LLC.

Except they changed one major thing---the priceThe property is a house that rents for $3800/mo and he listed his for $1400/mo.I actually pretended to be a tenant and tried contacting him.  

They would drop acid and sit in the room with the lights out so as to pretend they were in outer space.

Be aware of the people who try to sneak in a pet as a service animal, emotional support animal or companion animal pretending to have a qualified disability or pretending the animal is a qualified to provide a necessary function related to their disability.

I should also have assumed that since they asked if they should consult a lawyer they have zero understanding of the business but they could go to a corporate landlord, pretend to be potential renters, and ask to see a copy of their lease.