As I stated I'm my post above, on rare occasions a great and highly unusual deal occurs.

Her place will likely have negative cash flow unless rents are unusually high in your market.

Do not do anything unusually b rbRight after you close on improved property get an insurance policy that will protect you if there is a loss.  

I never was approached by a non-US Citizen before and I am uncertain of how to approach the situation.

They can sometimes find useful information that may conflict with what an applicant has been written on an application.It's not unusual (for example) to have someone say they have no pets on an application then report (and show) pictures of themselves with their pets.In other words, folks may be more honest on these sites then they are on their application to rent.Gail

It's probably a lot cheaper for you to help the property manger to keep the place bug free and clean for a few more months than it is to have a court battle with an uncertain outcome.  

I'll spray the perimeter and if need be the inside but I'll also tell the tenant that this is the south and if it's hot and dry it's not unusual to see these critters coming in to seek water.  

Even $5,000 a month would be unusual for a property selling at that price, from what I've seen.

Is this unusual?

In terms of crowdfunding, the only one I've invested with is rather unusual and I wrote in a BP blog about my investment experience with them after my first investment - I have since made several more.