Is this unusual?

In terms of crowdfunding, the only one I've invested with is rather unusual and I wrote in a BP blog about my investment experience with them after my first investment - I have since made several more.  

It is in a great location, and listed for an unusually low price for this area,  and it didn't even look that bad in the online photos (for a foreclosure), so I figured it must have something unusually negative about it that wasn't readily apparent, like "black mold" or whatever. 

then IMO it's perfectly reasonable for an agent to charge a per-showing fee.By contrast if you're actually all lined up and ready to rock, then this would be unusual. 

It's possible to get 40 calls without a single motivated seller, but that seems a little unusual to me. 

Honestly, because permits are technically required for just about everything besides paint and carpet in many places, it is pretty unusual to find a property where everything was permitted.  

Very unusual to not have a contract at all. 

A bit of an unusual situation.

If that permit is on a separate lease that is paid after all late fees and rent, then it doesn't sound that unusual to me. 

I'm not offering any advice in any direction but after reading your post I did some online research and filing for bankruptcy after serious identity theft is not unusual.