The only option I know of was to print the screen that confirmed the order, but it is horribly designed and spews out 3-4 pages of junk because of the way the menu structure and page layout is coded. 

Despite my fair share of great and horrible experiences with REI, my interest continues to stand as I consider the long term opportunity.

Yes, the owners can get denied based on their financials.Your offer can get denied.It sounds like this one is just laying there, or either there is horrible communication to you.

Oddly, the owner paid to have a brand new fence put in not long ago because the old one was in horrible condition, but basically no other work has been done on the property and there is no attempt to rent/sell it.

Its a horrible way to generate immediate, short term cash.

I love reading the comments below the article.... all talking about how horrible and risky it is to own a rental....    

Most people will not bother wasting their money if they know their credit report is horrible.

If so I realize now you would need to have a good amount of equity in the property to cover yourself in case something horrible were to happen, and for instance you need to call your hard money lender to bail you out and resell the property quickly. 

The best turnkey provider I know there, with the best properties, is horribly hard to work with and their PM is horrible.

You need to visit.There are horrible areas, there are great areas.