I assured the property manager over and over that there would be compensation for them if the owner sells to me, but I don't know how far that will fly.I presented him with two options...1) I pay him full market value for the house on favorable owner financed terms.

And that's not going anywhere any time soon so rest assured if you are in that side of the business you'll have plenty of inventory. 

I include padding to assure that I maintain positive cash flow after cap ex. 

When selling a house that had a fire, I over-disclose: I not only tell them it had a fire but show them all my documentation from he city, contractors and inspectors to assure them that everything has been taken care of and that the property is "good to go." 

Rest assured there are deals for all types of investors all over the place, the city of Pittsburgh included.Please feel free to reach out to me at your leisure.

So, by buying from a place like home depot and seeing the shingles yourself, you have more assurance, and you can always take back a bundle if it is no good.  

I don't know this company, I can't speak to them, but I can as to pooling money with other investors and accepting fractionalized security interests, not a good investment approach, in some states it's illegal on the street level, I understand it's allowed in Cali, being allowed isn't an assurance of it being a good idea.Welcome Todd, is that the company Terry inquired about?

My title company would do a date down for me on the phone.. which gave me a 97% assurance title was OK and we were only risking 20 to 40k usually so if we missed one no biggee we just lose the 20 to 40k...

I would assure her that your goal is not to push people out of their homes and profit from their misery, but that you want to help provide safe, clean, and affordable housing with as many perks as the ROI will allow.

How can a LL assure the safety of their tenants?