Nature, red in tooth and claw, is what does it.

Or most likely it's red states. 

There is a lot of opportunity here in Jacksonville currently with the market being hot and if somebody is available to do what you need I think it would throw up a red flag so just be careful.

@Christian Albright To add a little insight for your goals, there are lots of great properties in west Denver, I've done the rent-by-the-room strategy to great success from the selling points in Westwood that you mentioned, and the demographic of rent by room people will like the proximity to 6th Ave to go to the mountains, Red Rocks, close to downtown, lightrails, etc.   

At that price though my numbers quickly go red.

- How were you able to assess the property (check for red flags, possible approaching large expenses, etc) , given you are deployed in Hawaii but investing on Virginia?

It could be more of a red flag if you don't claim it, because lenders will know you are not truthfully representing expenses.

@JD MartinShe turned in her application and there are so many red flags.

Red flags.. mean stop.. as mentioned above.. spend the few hundred bucks and get title insurance and do not take title via a QCD in most instances.. there are some states where its soup de jour.. 

Another advantage to all white, is that you, as a host, can bleach anything that is all white in the event a guest spills something like red wine on your linens.