This is why the outlaw wholesalers hide in the shadows, put little contact info in their ad, and try to hide their identities.

John T Reed spoke of markets identical to what Rochester is apparently facing right now:[i]"So how do you achieve positive cash flow ethically in the real world?

Your anonymity is vital, and land trusts can also protect you and your investments from identity thieves. 

I'm very interested in buying a condo listed at 109k.The market analysis shows what appears to be an identical unit that sold for 94k in 06/2016.

You joined today just to post 3 identical messages about this company?

I posted some information in another thread with identical titles here:https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/52/topics/505...Basically, as landlords the ways I have been able to figure out how to flush out those with real ESAs vs those who just claims they have ESAs either with a bogus letter or paid an online service to provide ESA certification are:(1) Tell them you do not accept any online ESA certification. 

The stories are endless of one person on a block paying $8000 for all new windows and another practically identical house on the block paying $20,000 for all exact same new windows.So your means of buying and getting the windows installed can really affect whether this is a good idea or not.

HUD considers that a conflict of interest and a potential identity of interest conflict and violates HUD rules. 

Like I said all of these condos are basically identical but I know that very few have hard flooring in the bedrooms because 98% have carpet.

How do you even verify their identity to know who you are renting to?