matthew..completely agree... when I start getting asked these questions about "investor friendly" i usually run the other way...because it does mean cheap..I flip it around and ask the investor how many jobs they can afford to run at the same time, what's your financial capability, do you have to wait until I finished one job before you can afford to pay me to start another?

It's up to the tenant to ensure they have sufficient funds, if a Cozy payment fails or a check bounces I then charge the tenant a fee (assuming this causes it to be late).If you're really concerned you can take what @Jonathan Cope does one step further and require payments on, say, the 25th in your lease.

It helps that I start at 7 and finish up at 4, and my lunch break is flexible between 11 - 1 daily. 

To add to this thread that I’m probably reading 3 weeks too late, I too was reached out to by someone using the email address TJWprivatelendingatfinancier.com saying that he’s Mr.

I'm late to the game, haven't checked my notifications for a while.Agree with Chris Martin on this one. 

Not saying that's ok, just saying that's been my experience lately. 

I have now decided that it would not be worth the money to make this modification and I have decided to flip the house instead when I am finished rehabbing.

Alexa now being a part of the finished product. 

The fact that YOU are taking your West coast gains and leaving would give me pause if I lived on the West coast. actually my Oregon investments are pretty substantial just not in the rental realm  all new construction.. just finished a 23 home project were I sold the homes at 425k to 500k... and have a 90 lot one lined up for next year.. that will be a 50 million dollar deal.. so no I am not taking it all out of state.. although we have some pretty substantial projects in Charleston SC as well.as you know this is predominately a landlord site... and I am not a landlord.. but quite active in real estate in other avenues.. 

So I just finished doing my taxes with my tax man that has been doing them for the past 5+ years.