As far as a random squatter such as a person taking up living in a random vacant house, I have never seen this.

Our conversations have ranged from her suggesting selling to my cousin for 80k, me offering her 80k since I'll essentially inherit half of that back later anyway (I have a sister), and her throwing random options out ranging from buying her a new side by side for the farm, to a new Cadillac, or a new tractor. 

A few random thoughts...In late 2016, the "Great Gatlinburg Fire" destroyed approximately 2500 structures, the majority of those being vacation rentals. 

About a year ago, a random Google search brought up a book by Brandon Turner (The Book on Investing in Real Estate with no, and low, Money Down), which then lead to Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki.

They are completely random In What they will accept.

I even got an email from the CEO last night sort of randomly after speaking with someone at Conventus, telling me he started the firm 6 years ago, and expressing how he really wants to “win this loan.”  

Quick question: you made good money on a San Fran property...now why do you want to risk it on some random out of state that you know litttle about?

I have previously dabbled in stocks using IRA accounts (ultimately landing on being an index, buy-and-hold type investor), as well as peer-to-peer loans also in IRA accounts through Lendingclub.com (where I have beat my stock returns and used less risk to do so).More fun and possibly random facts about me:-Age: 34-From: Colorado Springs (age 1-18), Fort Collins (age 19-25), Boulder (age 27-34).

They would got off randomly, and it was really annoying. 

Why would random strangers trust me with their hard earned money?