Happy to serve as an ongoing resource for the right individual. 

I assume it is more for liability protection against the individual ?

Also, are the units individually metered for utilities, or how does that work?

But it might possible to get a list of homes that have city or county violations and that will sometimes be an indicator that property is vacant. 

I know it is mostly up to the individual wholesaler but what do sellers prefer and what does the end buyer, the investor/flipper, like to see?

That was my first indication that things were cooling.

Should I build as a PUD / condo complex so I could sell a unit individually if desired or develop as a 3 unit apartment complex?

But each would have to qualify on their own income.Another of the Fannie/Freddie rules is that the borrower must be an individual or individuals. 

Whereas you would ordinarily indicate earnest money, down payment, financing and total purchase price... in an owner finance deal you would spell out the exact financing terms such as:Seller agrees to finance $x of the purchase price at y% interest over z years, secured by a first lien deed of trust.

Could this be a leading indicator of areas where rents have grown too quickly, and are poised to fall?