However, like I've always preached, hard screening leads to better results all around.

I have 455 loans out totaling 15k. you DO get defaults, but with a little strategy (i.e. screening strategies) you keep them to a minimum.

And finally, if you were to argue that there could be an ethical aspect of this plan with respect to exposing sellers who financed it to unnecessary risk, I would have to agree with that as well.But from a purely financial perspective, this plan would create an outcome that is a bit different from that of a single portfolio and would, in fact, outperform a single portfolio in the event of extreme deflation.P.S.

Use alt + prt sc with the contract open on the screen...then do a "paste" in Paint.

It is a good SCREENING device that is worshiped all too much on BP.

So, yes, you get buyers first, it saves you time, you aren't attempting to buy what you can't move and you're not taking properties off the market assuming unnecessary liability. :)

So I am starting my first tenant screening and I have an applicant with an eviction due to job loss, they are currently working again.

Unfortunately, I can't screen or interview prospective tenants (in person) because I live in Haiti. 

There is a  high probability something is going to go wrong within the first couple of years of owning a property, particularly when you don't know either how to inspect a property and/or you don't know how to properly screen tenants.Remember, the majority of people out there can't come up with $2,000 within 30 days.  

I have always lost money when I haven't done my own screening etc.