There's no harm in touching base to ask if I can help, that's my tactic.3.

Especially if the seller has already to help out with the repairs, I see this as doing more harm than good to the deal.

As far as the thread, if there was anything blatantly illegal or otherwise harmful being promoted the thread would likely be shut down.

There are a few I can name of right off the bat that have been hit hard by oil prices but cities like Austin and DFW will have little to no harm done by the oil industry. 

I think you have to look at how good a deal is it.. and your personal financial situationif you had to carry these for any length of time and its going to harm you financially then you take the conservative approach.If you know its a good deal and you know the world will right itself in about 90 days and your just going to be working on it during those 90 days maybe you go for it. 

I don't see any harm in encouraging them to drive by a property to get a feel for the neighborhood.

If the sellers WANTS us to do this.. what harm is there?

Harming your credit if your bank doesn't provide any type of deferral is going to hurt more in the long run.  

Also they may be sympathetic to the tenant and not allow you to throw them on the street with no where to go.We as landlords are not in a good position.If you do get a court date tell the judge about your bills pilling up and how you can't pay the mortgage and that this may cause irrevocable harm when you get foreclosed on or owe extra fees and penalties at best.

Recessionhttps://www.ocregister.com/2020/03/16/coronavirus-pushes-u-s-into-recession-california-to-be-hit-hardest-ucla-economists-say/Oilhttps://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/coronavirus-harm-real-estate-market-oil-price-warCovid-19https://www.kcra.com/article/newsom-more-than-half-of-california-projected-to-contract-covid-19/31791343#We are in a systematic designed destruction of the world economy, the FED [and all central banks in the world, follow same gameplan] is going to become the buyer and seller of last resort.