Pet deposit is $250.

As I have gotten older I have started to focus more on my balance sheet vs cash flow, which also matches my real estate investment strategy.

I would be surprised if there weren't notices given to both the defaulting End Buyer (You're in default, you must close by X date or we're forfeiting your deposit) as well as the escrow agent (Buyer defaulted, see contract Earnest Money paragraph regarding release) prior to that actually occurring.

Still, we are looking for more granular data that breaks down by unit configuration closer match to the minimums set for each military, rank) plus estimates for the costs of utilities. 

Ask them if you deposit say $250k with them as MM or CD with them having control over it.  

So it was managing a risk rather than for profit.I’ll defer to others on mortgage paydown versus investing, other than to say that you may want to consider how far towards your next house / investment property deposit you are with the money instead of recast / investing.James 

I think it will be very difficult to show 750 hours, most tenants deposit the rent, so there is no rent collection. unless you have a very high turnover of tenants, where  you need to show the houses again and again,  I am not sure where you can "find" all those hours for her, especially that you say the properties are newer, so how much repairs would you have?

The claims of 1hr to collect rent, produce receipts, and deposit checks also seems like a reasonable claim if done physically and not electronically.

Parents had all of the money available as they had a good enough income to pay deposit, 1st month, and move in ASAP. 

Here's how I do my due diligence:1) Portfolio matching: (takes 30 seconds per deal)a) Have an educated opinion on where I think we are in the real estate cycles (financial and physical market cycles)b) Then and only then do I pick the strategies, capital stack, and specialized asset subclasses that make sense for that opinion.