I prefer to not ask a million questions, but doing some light screening on the phone can often save me time.

Their home sold sooner than expected and they needed a place while they had their million dollar home built on the lake.  

$1.2 million and that's typical?

I was in a situation recently where a convicted sex offender wanted to invest half a million with me.  

The way I look at it using a commercial retail attorney is spending thousands in legal lease fees to protect hundreds of thousands to millions in income over years and years is well worth it. 

I've failed a million times, and succeeded only a few, but the few are so sweet that it keeps the motivation going.

Upgrades like tile and the like will eventually fetch you higher rents and and better resale value in the future.

Really more for curiosity and knowledge, but at the same time if I can buy a half million dollar home for 5k for my family it's a Christmas Miracle....House is in a HOA residential neighborhood. 

Sold his house for over a Million dollars and bought a mansion in Colleville for half the price.. don't you love it!!!

*This is also a success story because with this purchase I am now over the 1 Million dollar threshold in RE holdings!