Demand exceeds supply. 

Market dependednt....but I personally would never rent a place w/o a DW...Yes, they can sometimes be a pain....or cause water damage..... but the risk is tinyWhat next...no washer/dryer....just supply a bucket, a scrub board and a rock?

I would try to find people who are willing that are in your church to do small repairs for the price of the supplies. 

I can tell you housing of all kinds is in short supply and heavy demand. 

The small towns we have focused on have very high demand and very low supply making it very easy to find good tenants.  

Patching up a few scrapes from moving furniture, simple.

The name of a skip tracer who supplies cell phone numbers

Not sure what other points the ladies and gentlemen in the chat have already touched on, but globalization is not limited to just nation trading, but it effects market prices in micro-economy of coaching as well - there is a wealth of preliminary knowledge here, and on other sites, but I wouldn't discredit a mentor too quickly.That being said, as my initial statement was alluding to, the supply and demand of the real-estate mentor market has become pretty tame, and I believe you may be able to find mentors of similar value (I dont want to say "surely" because I do not know the person you are referring to at 12k) at much lower price points such as 1-2k.

Very little furniture, pretty bare bones place on the inside.Does anyone have any experience with a deal like this?

They keep asking for docs I have supplied multiple times, have missed 2 closing deadlines, ask for info they told me they didn't need for commercial loans, and I really regret getting involved with them now.