Here are more facts of the story:The mother of the husband looked at the house since she lived in the neighborhood already and told me that both prospective tenants are nurses.  

The boards on the windows do very little to deter the criminals in this city who would use these homes for nefarious purposes.  

My instinct was to tell her what I thought and say no, but I decided that the $30K profit I stood to make on the sale of that property was more valuable than my personal feelings about the prospective customer.I wouldn't be as forgiving with someone that I had regular dealings with, though.I always try to have a PC, Kindle, or something else to enable me to be productive during unscheduled downtime, which makes it more bearable when my day doesn't follow the plan I'd set for it.

to add to the excellent advice above, let me suggest prospecting expireds, especially older expireds from 1st quarter 2015 and years before.  

I am excited to share also prospective opportunities that become available. 

Is an FHA 203(k) approach going to eliminate the best prospects right out of the gate or has anyone had success with this option?

Hi @Denita Ozenne - I would have to agree that you would have better luck searching for prospects if you set some parameters for yourself. 

Is 30% below market value your hurdle if you already like the property's location, appreciation prospect, etc?

We were able to buy these places very inexpensively, because other prospective buyers only saw it as it was. 

Will the history of this property deter tenants from renting the property or it doesn't really matter?