I will forward your info on to him as I am always pressing him to invest but I feel like he is waiting too long and will be late to the party.

If the numbers worked out based on that scenario, I wouldn't do anything else.Now, if the numbers didn't work out based on that scenario, or if the house were older than 20 years, I would either take Curt's advice and turn the utilities on myself or I would press the listing agent to get them turned on.Btw, in each of my last 4 rehabs, I've had multiple burst pipes that I didn't know about until the house was mine (including one under the slab).

You need and deserve resources/professionals who add bench strength and carry their part of the load. 

I think all US paper currency will be outlawed in the next 3 years (some story about the Chinese selling $ quality printing presses to N Korea that make better currency than we do).

I'd love to hear peoples arguments for cities because I haven't seen much in the press of late.Original article - https://www.redfin.com/blog/wf...

I realize this question may not be the pressing issue of the week but if a tenant overflowed the tub while filling it up and water came through the first floor ceiling, what is the normal landlord action to take?  

I would not try to press the forgery issue. 

For HUD and Fannie MaeIf you borrow from private mortgage or bank that is not backed by fannie mae you have no relief at this time.https://www.fanniemae.com/portal/media/corporate-news/2020/covid-homeowner-assistance-options-7000.htmlHere are the link from HUD: https://www.hud.gov/press/press_releases_media_advisories/HUD_No_20_042

If you're obtaining a commercial building, you'd be hard-pressed to do that anyways given generally tighter lender standards and a minimum DSCR you've got to reach.But the big thing to note is you can have your cake and eat it too!

I think you would be hard-pressed to find a higher higher yield value on real estate than Jackson, MS.