I saw a foreign guy writing about how insular western Pennsylvania is and a number of people treating what he said like it had zero merit, and I felt compelled to mention that I've had a good taste of how racist and xenophobic western Pennsylvania is recently, after all, this neo-Nazi just shot up a synagogue here last October.And then you pop up from nowhere (well, Allentown in eastern Pennsylvania) and start repeatedly telling me to calm down and not turn this into a thread about racism and xenophobia and this board's for real estate investing and I should stick to that.

Screening revealed no prior history of domestic violence, or any serious criminal history for either.About 2 months ago I started receiving reports from one of their neighbors that the couple was arguing, and that he was acting irrationally when angry.  

As the building doesn't have a history itself you'll need to rely on how other similar buildings in the area perform.

Here's the reality of you doing it yourself vs a good TK company...You find a property through a wholesaler and buy ONE property from someone you don't have a history with.The TK buys many properties at once with their own acquisition team.Who's getting the better price?

hi, my rental history for the last ten years or so reads like the story of a troublesome gaurd dog. i slept at night in the office of a check cashing business at a strip mall; i stayed in the show room of an antiques store; i lived in a warehouse without the owner's knowledge that i was sleeping there. for the last few months i have been living in a cheap hotel but they raised the rate. the owner of the check cashing place does not want to tell anyone that i was living there. the antiques store owner was literally insane and is now an unreachable transient. the owner of the warehouse learned of the situation as i was moving out and so is not a good spokesperson. the twist here is that a moneyed relative wants to pay my rent on a more permanent place. they will cover 2k/month no problem. how do i approach prospective landlords?

PS - Just my 2 cents, but I would (if possible) convert to a Roth while tax rates are at the lowest in history. 

But this is new, so he couldn't count that due to lack of history.

is there a way to look at history?

Hello from the eastern edge of Canada; Bridgewater, Nova Scotia.Have to thank everyone for a lot of the great information I'm finding on bigger pockets. 

Job, credit, stability, history, etc.