The sheriff said they won't help you, if they call the police and tell them that (during a lockdown) you (A STRANGER) is trying to enter their property with a couple of other people, during a pandemic, whose side do you think they will be on? 

This new chapter in our real-estate investment journey will likely mean we're renting to strangers.

There's so much bad advice here on BP- don't ignore the MLS or working with a real estate agent because some stranger on BP (that's probably never done a deal themselves) tells you so.

I've got a flexible schedule and am no stranger to hard labor. the second half of what you're suggesting with a partner for permits and that side of things is the weak link in all of this for me.

Having a back yard and home for them is important to us and we aren’t sure we want our daughter to share close living spaces with strangers.

I've always thought that was strange.Even stranger, though, is the difficulty of figuring out if a particular road is a "street" or an "avenue".

Regarding a liability waiver, this is likely to be baked into most leases in one way or another, but it may not be the tenant suing you, it could be a guest, a visitor, a contractor (one HUGE reason to make sure you are only using licensed and insured contractors on your rental properties), or some random stranger - it's not feasible to have them sign waivers. 

Sometimes family is worse than strangers.

The seller is also supposedly an experienced real estate developer, which is even stranger.

@Kellan Martz Oklahoma City is no stranger to out of state investors, but it seems less flooded than Indy.