I surmise his flooring are getting grinding with grit from shoes and traffic...With asphalt and good matting I have some laminates holding up 5-7 years plus.

Put yourself in the owner's shoes and you'd understand why.

Also google the owner's name and address and property and shoe size and everything else :-) and see if you can find a phone #. 

Think about being in their shoes: would you rather snag it for yourself and make 100% on one deal or make 50% and let the relationship be build and have many more 50% deals coming?

I would sure love to be in your shoes 13 months from now!

If it shoes that a House needs $3,000 in repairs  ( Listed are.....

first I would go out to see property, stroll up the street, run into tenants and strike up conversation, if they don't recognize you , you might learn a lot, maybe even mention you are looking to rent in area, 2 PM is not doing his/her job period, if you have to even go there, expectations are not inline somewhere, It might be a good time to screen your own tenants , if they make good and was a misunderstanding you maybe able to save it, or 3 rent is not making its way to you on time.....

There was a lot of groupthink, which isn't "bad" in its own essence, but a lot of terrible characters with no integrity, and a lot of ambitionless, directionless, and worthless people in general could be encountered.I would rather take a stroll in my underwear through the Orlando hoods like Church street at 10-11:30pm while having several stacks of $10,000 in hundreds taped to my forehead and stomach, than have to deal with some of these people again, and the irony is that I'd probably end up in better shape if I did.Outside of school and in real estate, I began to meet people who were more like me and I liked them a lot more.

Veteran investors in your shoes either have a license or a good agent.

If you guys were in my shoes, what would you do to get the most $$ out of it as a rental down the road?