So take your hot take & flush it down the toilet.Being truly, truly anonymous is never a reality but doing what it takes to create layers of protections absolutely exists and when it's all you have or part of what you have it's worth owning it. 

At the time of our negotiation, the market was hot, so I demanded some favorable terms with an above market rent rate.

I don't know what market you are looking in, but in California that would mean solar panels, rain barrels, fire sprinklers, etc.

Most lockboxes out there are not validating IDs when there are showing requests so it only takes one or two bad apples to land you in hot water with the owners. 

If the market is hot, the seller won’t budge.

The best way to find the next good market is to find the hot ones near you and go two towns out in each direction and see which one is progressing more.

Las night, she sent a text (along with a video) showing that the hot water doesn't come on from the kitchen faucet.

When you are investor friendly it means you understand the metrics of the buyers property search.I have seen so many agents get comfortable and simply add their new buyers to the "Hot Sheet" and they blast the buyers with properties that do not even fit the buyers cash flow needs or budget.

Can't include furnace, hot water tank, central ac and some other built-in appliances - check your local ordinances.

Your architect can create this for you.For hot water heaters, is there a lock on the door to that room?