If you have back rent, take the person to court and get a judgement and garnishment of wages. 

Trying to convince your buyers that these sub $100k rust belt houses in Detroit, Cleveland, Toledo etc....are better for long term appreciation than one of the most desirable cities on the planet isn't the move.

I have lots of extra time on my hands, am self motivated, and mostly have a desire to learn more about real estate.

I am in the DFW area and met them in person. 

(I haven't done this personally). 

@Roberto Falckwill you travel there in person to supervise acquisition and rehab? 

Is the squatter some random person or where they living there at one point and stopped paying rent? 

It's hugely trolly, weird, and borderline sociopathic.Healthy disagreements are fine in forums, but when you initiate the conversation, you can't later hide from it and make it like someone else started it when the entire dialogue is right above.A lot of this has to do with personal fragility and internet puffery.At one point, I invited two trolls to hop on a recorded (for everyone's sake) Zoom to discuss what they were up in arms about.

You are looking to see if they are maintaining the home like a normal person or if they are abusing or neglecting the rental.

I've personally seen concessions up to 8 weeks free plus a 6 hours of free moving as an example for what some apartments are offering as concessions to fill up their communities.As the market continues to evolve and more apartment communities become available I suspect there will be more concessions for renters to take advtange of as supply begins to outpace demand.