If not, then what he is trying to do is to avoid his reputation going down the drain and lose any future credibility and trust in the future. personally I am just familiar with the basics of buyer seller representations in a general sense you will need a FLA Broker or Attorney to describe to you based on the documents you have if there is a Duty from the agent on this transaction..

Matt--what actions/behaviors did you observe that caused your "spidey-sense" to tingle on this prospective tenant?

The question is if those investments make sense or not in *this* market. 

I was there and we had to work HARD to find deals that made sense.

The trolls are obvious to anyone with a little sense.

Hopefully, this gives you a general sense, but I'm happy to help answer any other specific questions. 

Buying this house will only make sense if you're getting something of value in return as far as a business deal.

It doesn't make sense for everyone, but is not on a lot of people's radars and is often overlooked. 

If you opt for the live in flip like I mentioned above it will probably not make sense to do a refi for such a short period.Hope this helps you some.

Unfortunately many landlords take the first group they find in these situations and come from the ideology that all college students are slobs so no sense offering anything nice.