Tampa Bay resident / investor including one caution I have not seen mentioned.In the past there were fraudulent sinkhole claims paid but this is an area    known for current activity sinkholes.

We used bonus money for our career field, reenlistment funds, tax free from deployments, combat, hazardous duty pay, flight pay...whatever extra we could put aside for down-payments on houses. 

However this web site declared the practice fraudulent.

In the article it mentions that a good way to combat a tenant giving you the name and number of a friend or family member, is to call the current landlord first and ask if they have any vacancies.

From the Fraudulent coaching "guru" programs, all the way up to these REO listing agents. 

From the Fraudulent coaching "guru" programs, all the way up to these REO listing agents.

., plus the utilities you mentioned- water, Wi-Fi, shared amenities such as paper towels and soap etc.I’m not trying to be combative, as your point makes sense.

Explain that you are concerned this could have been a fraudulent transaction.

Just know that some courts will not accept charges from the property owner because there's a high risk of fraudulent charges.In your case, I suspect the tenant knows what they did and they would accept the charges.

I spent over $2500 on getting financing in place and another $1000 on appliances based on the info that the original selling agent told my agent that the bank approved the short sale.I don't know enough about short sales (very little actually) to know if someone acted inappropriately or fraudulently.