Or Maybe he’s a a legit thief?

The question was, how much of my 15k was gone.After a few more phone conversations and texts with the thief, He was no longer responding to me.

Hello, the NAR referred me to legal counsel: my realtor, during my temporary occupancy agreement period, gave my buyer, not only the keys and the alarm code, but the instructions on how to disarm the alarm. 

Some codes require interlocking units which set off alarm in all units for smoke or fire in one unit.

If you say check county court records, it still does not stop the elaborate thief from using a public record.

*Check the smoke/CO alarms to make sure they are functioning wipe the outside with a disinfectant wipe. 

They strongly encouraged me to get an alarm for it as well.Which suburb do you buy in ?

It can be a bit of a pain, but I found this is just the best process.I have used Simplisafe, but the challenge is the project has to be far enough along to have power and internet so you have a stable conditions for the alarm system.

I was thinking we wait a bit before fixing it up, and  make it real obvious the house is vacant (with an alarm of course) and then make it real obvious it's for rent (like three signs in the yard or something), so if the shooters come back, they'll know the people they were after are gone.

Thanks for the input Andrew.If I were to get say, $40,000 from a family member to cover the down payment, is that going to alarm a lender, seeing a big lump sum deposited into my bank account?