A little bit of an unsettling feeling lol  

I did find unsettling information about some of the principals behind the organisation. 

With month to month you can also add to lease rent rate will stay the same until  Jan 2017 so if they are worried your going to UP the rent every other month they wont' be unsettled seeing that guarantee.I do that with new move in's I guarantee the rent rate for 12 months with a MTM lease.. 

Hello everyone for years I've been just unsettled by the amount of slum and blight conditions that exist in my little town.

Thanks for that idea.My first thoughts on this was to make my pitch appear as much like a traditional LT tenant to the property owner - just to tamp down the dissonance.

There are several basic mistakes:1.Over-Optimism: Most investors tend to exaggerate their own abilities. 2.Over-Confidence: Lends investors to overstate their knowledge, understate the risks, and exaggerate their ability to control the situation. 3.Cognitive Dissonance: Investors often have an incredible degree of self-denial. 4.Heuristic Rules: Rules of thumb that we employ for dealing with the daily information deluge by evaluating based on how closely a situation, person, etc., resembles someone or something, rather than examining and questioning; i.e., we "frame" and/or "anchor" the event/person/action.

Macroeconomics are so complex, that something like a coup in Turkey can unsettle markets and send house prices down slightly.

And they are right.I know the seller does not have the money, but believe me, they do not want this debt to go unsettled.

I keep a fair large cash account, though it's unsettling to keep a stockpile of cash that isn't growing while waiting for the buy opportunity.Are there other strategies you know of for mitigating this risk?

I can sympathize with you, my transition has been unsettling, a growth experience, and just plain strange.