Screening your tenants is one vital key to success.

This includes the investor’s investment habits and that particular investor’s desired reward vs. risk.This will help you to mold your presentation to fit the investor.One caution, I recommend avoiding any assumptions, especially blue-sky assumptions.

Some people are creatures of habit and resist change.

In a fast market like Houston it is vital for a flipping business to be able to quickly pull comps.

To reread the book by Brian Tracy "Million dollar habits"6.

If he's any good at his job, it's a habit for him to reject the first offer.

Some people probably make quality/decent money, but just have poor spending habits.

A great review in one city typically doesn't carry over to another because it's a different team running the show there.Reading the company reviews is definitely vital and if you find them on the marketing channels (VRBO/Airbnb) and read the actual guest reviews which provide 100% transparency that would be a great indicator how they are operating in your area for any company large or small.

What may be the more important function of security deposits is that they're vital to tenant screening, not just about protecting against damage.

Once a house is fixed and habitable, whether it is 10 years old or 100 years old shouldn't make a big difference in terms of repair costs.