Geeze, if you're renting out a room, in your house where you live, short term to strangers, you have to expect some "situations".

I've bought a bunch of stuff, I've never had to validate my decision with anyone, much less strangers.

They don't like hard sales pitches, especially from strangers. 4.

Remember they are strangers, this is only business and you are working under the direction of the owner.

I think the answer is simply the reputation that comes with Dorchester, but I have had nothing but positive experiences with neighbors and random strangers.

You are taking a stranger into your property and must hold control to be able to more esaily get rid of those that do not fit.Term leases do nothing to help a landlord contrary to the misconception that it controles when tennats will move.

But you’re asking someone to pay you a profit at closing without even know who you are.None of this is to say you haven’t already received 50 messages here from anonymous strangers who say they will do this.

(didn't have to get too close to them)Trust me, i'd be freaked out to see a stranger peeping through my windows like that, so I wouldn't do it myself. :) I would agree that it is definitely riskier to walk the properties from a safety standpoint though, which is why I tried to keep a bit of distance between myself and the properties, aside from directly approaching front doorsteps.

That should be enough proof for her that she was paying for services (housing) rather than just sending a random stranger money for nothing. 

However, it would be a great option if you plan to get a du/tri-plex and live in one unit and rent out the others.Some other finance strategies include, using a Home Equity Line of Credit (HELOC) (provided you own your own home and you have enough equity built up), Hard Money Loans (HML), private financing / partnerships (aka asking parents, relatives, friends, co-workers, strangers to put up money and you do everything else).