There are tons of threads on the forums about people who bought a random property in the midwest, did OK for a couple years, and then it needed 20-30K to turn over, and that destroyed their cash flow for years. 

Well, here is another vote to get rid of him.Also, I know you live in a small town, but trying getting a business number for tenants to call so you can avoid them blowing up your personal cell with random late night drunk texts.

I see the zillow brand is taking off, meanwhile whenever I try to click on something on their site (ie, an estimate on a house in California) it will take me to some other totally unrelated, random page, ie, a house for sale inMissouri instead of taking me to what the hyperlink is described as being.

Any one of them could force a revocation of your mortgage approval.Ignore these rules at your own peril.Don't buy a new car or trade-up to a bigger leaseDon't quit your job to change industries or start a new companyDon't switch from a salaried job to a heavily-commissioned jobDon't transfer large sums of money between bank accountsDon't forget to pay your bills -- even the ones in disputeDon't open new credit cards -- even if you're getting 20% offDon't accept a cash gift without filing the proper "gift" paperworkDon't make random, undocumented deposits into your bank account"

I am getting into "A Random Walk Down Wall Street" territory now so I'll stop here lol. 

It is this kind of lunacy that gets sand in my kookooI really wish  you professional "marketers" would stop regurgitating random stuff that is spread all over the interwebz.

The truth is if you took ten random people and lent money to them, odds are good 9 would pay.

Do such companies require you to go to properties randomly at different hours?

Hello from Puerto Rico with a random question: Have you conducted Real Estate transactions directly or indirectly in any of thse foreign countries?

My opinion is that I would trust the ask a tax expert over a random tax preparation service employee - don't get me wrong, I'm not dissing all tax prep employees - just saying Intuit pays much more for the professionals, and they are all licensed professionals.