That's when I learned you can't trust the old style ballasts and I'm very careful not to install those kinds of light fixtures in any of our properties.I've heard of the belt going out on a dryer, stopping the turn of the drum, leaving the clothes stationary too close to the heating element and resulting in a fire.Snow bird friends of ours had a refrigerator ice maker water line malfunction in their vacation home in Palm Springs while they were away for the summer and the water ran for weeks throughout the house unchecked.

Who are the decision makers, wife, partner, boyfriend, aunt, rich uncle?

I use a 12 inch ruler in the photos next to damages such as carpet stains, repaired holes in doors if they are still visible, bent window blinds, discolored fireplace brick, etc. 

They may be terrible money managers and not make rent a priority or they may hit hard times.  

In my market those are the people that start indoor Pot grows in your property.

Like I said, there are no Trouble makers currently, and haven't been for about a year so my feeling is "sell while we can" as the crap 2 unit next door is vacant and when occupied is typically inhabited by "porch people".

Because of how it is laid out, it would be difficult to make really nice.

My experience with all the Atlanta REIAs is that there's more new investor training and meetup ops at GA REIA and they have the Deal Makers email list and the once a month project house meet up.Another 1st hand experience is that you'll need to dedicate several nights a week and half of your weekends to education and networking.

His office and employees are the ones who brokered the loan...I see a conflict of interest here if he is truly the decision maker on the short sale.

I'm the decision maker.