Danger, Danger.Make sure you understand when the sale date is, if they own the property, how much to bring the loan current, if it is a Deed of Trust or a Mortgage, are there any other liens on the property, has someone else already signed an agreement with them and a few other things.

Water causes structural members and decking to deteriorate to a dangerous point when left undetected, and also attracts carpenter ants and termites that can cause extensive damage, far beyond the immediate area of the intrusion.

That's your legal fiduciary duty, so when you start thinking about how it benefits you, you're in dangerous territory...and that's why brokers don't like it and your E&O might not cover you.You might also check with your lender, as they also may not allow you to take a commission, as basically they're financing it (and your furniture purchase) and typically they don't like to do that.

These concurrent ownerships are similar, but have distinctions with significant effects of inheritance.A tenancy in common occurs when two or more parties jointly hold an interest in property.

That is, if you have a doohicky that didn't get put on the list and you remember that there was a doohicky but on your walk through when the tenant's lease is up the doohicky isn't there that you think you distinctly remember was there, you are wrong.

I think even with turnkey purchases there is danger in potential large capital expenditures with things like HVAC.

Both are pretty dangerous when in contact with skin or when aerosolized.

It's what we don't know that bites us in the a$$ every time and I have a feeling that investors who are not aware of the real danger they put themselves in are the same ones who won't recognize the time to sell and realize their return. 

It's dangerous to pick a "best city" today to own one rental house without having the ability to watch over it carefully & develop deep knowledge of an area. 

Deer hunting was cruel and evil, and annual deer hunters were all dangerous, lawless gun-nut criminal sickos who shot at anything and simply enjoyed killing.