If you are intelligent about what you do, you could probably live in a "not so good" neighborhood and be surprised how nice it is.

I am running a vacation rental not renting a room at a bead and breakfast so it is no surprise to me that people who are looking for a vacation house are using VRBO and homeaway over AirBnB, at least that is how it is working out for me.

Everyone post their availability and convenient after work area (e.g. midtown, fidi, etc.) and we can coordinate from there.

You'll find everything you need and I bet the results will surprise you!

I wouldn't be at all surprised if the HML guys ask for everything, and then throw 80%+ of it in the trash before submitting the package to underwriting.

I have numerous seller financed transactions and have never been asked for a credit check which surprises me.

There could be white ant or drainage or any number of other nasty surprises too, making remote assessment quite inadequate.They're basically asking as-is market value, so that doesn't augur too well as to their motivation.For such a small, boring, old property, I'd probably be Offering LESS than land value.

You're paying for their tools and the convenience of having it all in one system.

I'll be surprised.

I did ask them point blank if they wanted to stay in the home and they look genuinely surprised, saying they loved the house, and they were sorry to cause issues.