And, to be equally fair, the seller can accept, reject or counter. 

Letting a neighbor decide who is moving in just opens you up to Fair Housing violations. 

Also Tile would be fairly easy to do a custom shape. 

I'm still fairly new to this process, but I've walked over a 100 houses, which has given me some confidence.One way of thinking about it is the big dangers vs the annoying bits.

At first glance, it appears that the note is fairly close to what the market value will be - not very much if any equity left.

So far, it has been fairly easy to run the VR on Airbnb.

Hey bp...Im fairly new to real estate and am seeking a bit of input.I am selling my primairy residence in Ca. and buying a primairy in Atlanta.

Wanted to introduce myself ...my name is Isidro...i am from California, i recently got offered an opportunity to get into the real estate investing by my landlord...he has been doing this for about 15-20 years and offered me to work with him...basically i find/generate him leads...he puts 100% of his money, we buy homes cash, if i work on rehabbing he will pay me an hourly rate, and in the end he gives me 40% of the profits...sounds like a fair deal to me since i have 0 liability, i am not using my own money and he is an experinced investor.

How did others fair in the last down turn and what was your experience?

I have been struggling to find a property using the rule of thumb 70% rule because it seems like the arv and the price on these properties are so close not giving me the room to even consider, so I decided to look at some multi-family properties and found some occupied duplexes with a huge margin for example duplex with 2b1b on both sides in nice area close to schools parks and downtown area fairly new roof and some updates listed for 49k and arv 175k ,fully occupied.