I like the long-term prospects of Richmond because it is so affordable and still has a reasonable commute to major employment centers like SF, Oakland, Walnut Creek, etc.

Honestly, if I were a prospective tenant, I would no longer be interested in the place if I received a call like that...even if I would have been okay with the higher price to begin with. 

I have discouraging images in my mind of the well drying up and 16 people being without water for 2 days…. this alone is enough to deter me from this property purchase at this time (again, my inexperience at this time and lack of intestinal fortitude for that high a risk).  

My state recently started requiring the inclusion of a "Megan's Law" disclosure statement alerting prospective tenants that it is up to them to do a search for sexual predators in their neighborhoods and pointing them to where they can do said search.

I turned down a prospective tenant after they mentioned they had been in the apartment before when it was being rented by a problem tenant.  

These calls will mainly be from direct mail prospects.

You might visit their current residence to see if your prospective tenant is currently displaying it.      

I will be following all of your advice and investigating the property further, and even if this isn't the (first) one, I know a lot more than I did and I can apply it toward my future prospects.

I've lived and rented here for 25 years but that doesn't mean I like the place or want to live here forever.The owner suddenly wants to sell and is kicking all the tenants out to try to attract better offers from prospective buyers.

Prospective buyers are not funding partners, and saying you have funding partners when you do not is a lie.