It has the delay in receiving the funds but if you can withstand that it’s pretty good.

Some of my inner wrestling was frankly exhausting as my fears tried to shout down my determination to learn and stop living such a whipped life.  

I'm exhausted just from typing this.

I did not offer on the property because I didn’t feel it could withstand a 10% drop in ARV. 

Insurance policies are exhausted in a a claim. 

I need to exhaust all avenues of creative thinking first and maybe show him by teaching him and pointing him in the right direction, so he comes to his own conclusion that it is a bad deal and then find a good deal.

In fact, when I first asked the group for paid marketing advice, one of the seven figure members told me I should exhaust the MLS and wholesalers first. 

How do I undertake this endeavor in a way that would withstand ethics scrutiny, if any were to come?

The renter is an engineer, so could feasibly withstand the rent raising, but he advised us to go up to $675 to start and get to $800 over a period of a couple of years. 

In 95% of cases, I recommend finding a single family home (SFH) in the suburbs of Baltimore (think Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Howard counties, depending on where your work is) and renting to 20-somethings.Key criteria for a successful SFH househack:Suitable zoning criteria, i.e. room rental laws (county by county)Within 1 mile of hospital, major company HQ, public university, and private university (to attract 20-somethings)At least half as many bathrooms as bedrooms (i.e. a 4 bed / 2.5 bath could work, but 4 / 1.5 could get sticky)Plenty of driveway space / street parking (1 per roommate)Plenty of kitchen space (since the kitchen is the most occupied room other than individual rooms)Basement or side entrance entry point (i.e. if you wanted to turn the basement into your living space, you could enter from a side entrance)Un-involved neighborhood community (cul-de-sacs can be the worst spots)Turn-key quality (i.e. you won't need to fix much of anything when you move in)This list is by no means exhaustive, but things to think about when you work with an agent on a SFH househack.