It's surprising he didn't have underage girls running around, the old perv.

He's fun to watch, but every follower of his "advice" ends up dying of "Stock Market Smoke Inhalation" or directly from the flames of yet-another surprise.

I am surprised the 2nd is non-recourse because RTR normally buys only recourse loans.

Surprises at closing will most likely kill the deal and they will go into foreclosure.

If your timing isn't super critical (back burner parts of the project that you can do now, or at the very end, or anywhere in the middle), you'd be surprised what you can find by lurking craigslist.

To my surprise, he prefers month to month agreements over a typically stable 6 month or year lease. 

I would not be surprised to see the adjustment proceed once it has been reviewed.

They may happen often as a surprise (such as the 2007 and 2008 crash), he suggests, but they don’t come out of the blue: the most extreme risks (and gains) are what he calls “dragon kings” that almost always result from a visible drift toward a critical instability."  

One nice surprise (insert sarcasm) was that the previous owner had only replaced the bathroom waste stack in the basement.

Company cultures can vary greatly, and you just might be surprised at what you learn while interviewing with others in the area.