Your statement that "no property exists in a vacuum" rings terrifically true and I will make sure to take the steps you suggested to double check the investor's motives and analyze the deal systematically.Kyle Sparks and Bill Gulley Your input is appreciated as well.

In my opinion, it is very important to brand yourself!

There isn't much forced equity here in my opinion

I just ran it with a 15 year loan and 3.5% interest, and the P&I part of the mortgage goes up to 563, cash flow down to 227, for 9.3% cash on cash, but 23.2% total ROI when you factor the mortgage pay-down.My opinion is that 15 year mortgages don't make a whole lot of sense for investing in RE.

I like your instinct to not "believe" his statement.I'd seek the opinion of an independent commercial broker, and an independent residential broker, that don't have any potential vested interests in the game.

My opinion is that if it is new construction and there is a problem, it was not built right.

Most of my opinions from the brokerage side are from the curse of having had a broker's license.

I can give more information if needed.Thanks for reading and I appreciate honest opinions.

Sean D You're going to get a lot of varying opinions and differences on this.

I'd get a quote from a house-leveling company and get an opinion from a structural engineer or a house framer (cheaper).