It sounds sick but it happens all the time, and it often happens when good people see something and choose to do nothing. 

Sick world we live in.I would have your buyer’s agent get his own broker involved -then your buyer’s agent’s broker can get the listing agent’s broker involved.  

Real estate is plain simple and there is absolutely nothing you can’t learn readingGood luck

You can always sell if you still feel sick about it.

You may catch something, but it can sure make you sick.

I want a tenant to be a tenant, plain and simple, nothing more, it gets too messy...And then there is the quality control.......and the other things....

Hes going to have to pay the income taxes on the withdrawal, plain and simple.

The problem you're going to run into is that STR's in Austin in the 400k pricepoint are in the suburbs and far from the city and are very plain.

That being said, it is hard to theme out a 4-5 bedroom home, so they tend to be more 'safe' or 'plain', while the owners of the bigger homes have more options to theme and make them stand out and put themselves away from the pricing wars because they have something more unique. 

I bet these guys are Pace Morbid students and are shot gunning all over the US.. the big red flag is the statement  ( we will return the property in the same condition or good condition) that is just plain not true if the deal turtles up you will get a home that has been a rental and probably needs  a full rehab..