What's more, the PM should have gone over when the unit was vacant to make sure it was secure (and lights and taps were turned off). 

I personally could give a rip about the buyers safety if they dont know any better and get wiped out so what.. but Sellers thats a whole different matter.. a sub 2 gone bad can destroy them financially emotionally physically break up marriages etc etc.

With your point, it seems like living security of 'where's next' for them will be the biggest obstacle for the seller to overcome.

I've also used some more obscure companies in the seller financing world like Pioneer Title in Idaho (they call in Long Term Escrow Servicing) and Security Escrow in NM (recently purchased by Sunwest Escrow).

It's impressive that you secured a deal like this with no renovations and turned it around the same day.

Also, right now we are utilizing FB but we may change this next year to a platform outside of FB for better interaction and more security.

While both involve finding and properly securing a site and bringing it to full entitlement, the ground-up process includes the land piece but gets way more involved and complex to execute.The full "Monty" for ground-up development needs to include financial literacy, an explanation of metrics, and how they work.

All in all - owning a place to rent to other people is a business, and business decisions need to be made based on that cold hard facts and not on an emotional basis, unless someone wants to quickly go out of business.

I can always sell if I change my mind, and hopefully make a few bucks, worst case break even, since I am buying at discounts.With BRRRRR, an often ignored benefit is the security (if done well) of being all in 75-85% of ARV.

We embrace S8 applicants, but screen them just like any other applicant.Many have an entitlement mentality and try to leverage their S8 voucher by pretending to be helpless:1) A percentage won't apply because they expect a landlord to waive application fees for them.2) Many cry broke and expect a landlord NOT to charge them a security deposit.3) Many of those same S8 tenants trying to avoid paying a security deposit, won't make an effort to call the list of nonprofits we send them that will pay their security deposit if they apply.4) A lot of them try to avoid paying for utilities.