The tenanta said if we can agree on liability in case of identity theft they would be ok with providing their ssns.Everything seemed to be moving along just fine until the ssn issue.

Hey BP, I am in a bit of a bind trying to pencil out my second deal.I am trying to buy a new construction side by side duplex. both units are identical to one another however for whatever reason it is not a legal two unit and is qualified as a single family home with a in law apt/ ADU.Because of this my lender is unable to use the $16,800 gross revenue that half of the duplex is producing each year in order to help me qualify for the loan.I don't understand two things,1.

Stay away if you want to be part of an identity theft ring.

The bathroom of my rental looked identical with the layout and tiling late last year.

So you got your drug addicts, hookers, child molesters, rapists, thieves, meth heads, gang members and other undesirables......So the answer to your question isn't relevant to where you live.

In many ways, the day to day business practice/activities for RE sales agents and wholesalers are nearly identical. 

They had actually run a nearly identical offer by the seller, but seller wasn't ready at that time.

A 3 bedroom pit of despair can look identical to a 3 bedroom gem.

I like the idea - build cheap spec identical MFH homes, either sell high or refi - but the execution part is what's getting me. 

Making sense of make believe markets.In a recent NYT article, writer Melissa Kirsch made the assertion that part of what makes us adults is reconciling the contradictions of our identity.