Part of this intro post is to get suggestions from other investors who have had success in a particular market to get more data points and lead for other area to investigate further.

Will put it on my todo list to investigate, thanks!

I will investigate as to whether I can obtain a HELOC or not. 

@Jay HinrichsRight I see those posts on Facebook constantlyWhat I'm saying with credit card fraud - you lose your card, somebody racks up $1,000 in charges - you call you your CC company and they wipe it out and investigate it for fraud but you're coveredWhich is why I use my CC for hard money lender app fees!

Along with the 1% rule it helps to quickly determine if a property warrants further investigation.

. , a thought was if any amount of communication left, maybe some kind of settlement can be reached, say if moves out by date will not turn her in to hud etc, (document),  you will not know final damages till moved out, next time don't replace with expensive stuff, assume will have to replaced with each tenant, if doesn't you will be ahead, use vinyl flooring, such as the vinyl wood look stuff, easy to replace sections, fake wood stuff doesn't wear well, retouch hard wood if you have, repaint with white easy to match, shop habitat restores if you canStrange what people will post out in public isn't it, if it were me I would read other friends/family posts as well since they are public just fyi, but cant really use as well as officers could, but may give you heads up,  fed investigating we had to document everything and build a huge casefile, more hours than you may have, just try to get out as painless as you can, at least she is moving, be glad she doesn't claim you were responsible for flood, miscarriage, permanent health issues etc, 40 miles isn't really that far, but consider a prop management if too much stress

If AirBNB isn't paying for its cost of doing business, making billions of dollars a year, why does it make sense to have the cities and states tax its citizens, to fund investigations and compliance, just so the responsibility of AirBNB vetting of its customers can be paid for with tax dollars? 

I'm looking in the $200,000-$300,000 range to start and haven't looked at the different rates for SFRs vs. multi-family in my market, so I will definitely start investigating that.

Upon investigation I found that the property was forfeited to the federal government due to money laundering fraud.

While there are a few preliminary inspections for underground work, sewers, etc, the pre board inspection is the 'big one' in terms of the amount of work to be reviewed all at once.Here is a list of what is inspected at the pre board phase: Electrical - all wiring in the house is exposed and can be examined easily by the inspectorPlumbing - drainage, venting, water lines and other elements are looked atGas - a pressure test is shown to the inspector to show the connections are not leakingFireplace - the install and mainly the venting of the fireplace is inspectedMechanical - the furnace, ductwork and return air installation is reviewedBuilding - the structure, engineered work, soil bearing report and sulphate test, radon gas penetrations, fire barrier and many other minor items can be reviewed hereThis multitude of inspections can be helpful to identify any of the countless mistakes or omissions the builder can encounter during the construction process.