Originally posted by @Peter T.

We have committed 50K each to this project, but being from San Francisco, that doesn't go very far.

Home warranty won't cover secondary damage,  my RR form saying that the flipper/owner is committed to his contractual obligation to make any necessary repairs to any roof damage that should come- well he must have known it was coming and he  was hoping we would run it all through insurance, so he wouldn't have to pay for a new roof... not likely here!!!

They are also good indicator of how responsible tenant is.This article https://rentberry.com/blog/screening-prospective-t... has comprehensive list of tenants verification tools and warning signs that landlords should be aware of.

I would ask about RICO and how easily the government can take property used to commit a crime with.

@Josef T.  

That being said it is a little chicken sh*t of the current owners not move their renter before you take possession making you be the bad guy for keeping security deposit especially since she is going back into one of their properties.

@Warren T.

But while high-paid people in the tech industry might not have to worry about prices, they might one-day have to worry about their job:https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-10-20/the-tech-bubble-didn-t-burst-this-year-just-waitAt the turn of the last century, the burst of the dot-com bubble wiped out $6 trillion in household wealth.

The pre-approval is free and there's no obligation to commit to a lender once it's been done.