It just bolsters your story if you have pics to show the granite countertop looked fine when you left. 

I personally think that the best of both options is to buy the properties (1-4 units) under your name now and bolster up on property and umbrella insurance and then get a solid lease.

Bolstering his confidence to fix the electric panel or the oven next .

We do still have a big disparity between certain areas (seacoast and the southern part of the state in general) and the more rural areas and much further north, in terms of how quickly stuff sells/market activity, but generally in NH the rental market is very strong, both for SFR and apartments, bolstered by the real shortage of affordable housing for local workers to buy.

So, you're really not bolstering your case by saying he has his own place. 

It sounds like this bozo doesn't want to "waste his time" on you before showing you a property.Showing proof of funds with your offer helps bolster the strength of your offer. 

As for the investing part I think you need to make a decision to either following the Dave Ramsey way of investing in your retirement but not your current income or  invest in real estate as a ways of bolstering both you retirement as well as your current income.

We've just had our first son & I want to be sure I'm doing everything I can to bolster our financial situation & ramp up to be sure he's always taken care of.  

This is about finding a system for building wealth that will work at it's worst that you bolster with added skills.

CPA pointed out that while it adds complexity to banking and bookkeeping, running the LLCs as separate businesses and separate banking bolsters their position as LLC's in the event of actual Liability issues that would be better contained in on LLC.