By outsourcing, they let private providers run all the risk should their enrollment demographic shift toward those who don't have to be in residence here.

I call a service for that.The biggest issue that holds people back is a low risk tolerance brought upon them by some paranoid delusion.If you educate yourself enough, you can wind up living your dreams rather than dreaming to live.

A house down the block has cracks running vertically from top to bottom.I'm not sure if I want to risk another $500-$1000 for inspections if there is going to be foundation problems.Skip or submit contract?

How could I protect his risk just in case his loan doesn't go through but he's already paid the sellers mortgage to current?

to make any money at this unless your a very large vertically integrated reseller of recreational land and can carry all your own paper.. there are a handful of these companies in the US>.  

I didnt mean to sound like someone who wants to walk in to real estate and suddenly be making lots of money super easy or without any risks involved and hard work.     

Buyers, they may be scammers they may not be, like buying sub2 because All of the risk is on you....in a straight sub2 deal you do Not hold a mtg, they get title and supposedly will pay Your mtg note, so you can’t foreclose if they stop paying, You get foreclosed on since the loan is in your name.Bad idea all the way around.

-There is additional wear/tear on your building as well as risk from allowing pets ( no pit bulls) and you should get compensated for it.

And, if you can’t actually benefit from the depreciation that year, it will carry over help you on cap gains I believe.

I think I have minimized my risk by purchasing it out right and then testing the market for what the property will rent for to further prove my numbers for purchasing additional houses in the area.Once it is rented I am going to work on either refinancing or getting a line of credit for the purchase of the next house.Hope this helps any new investors who commented on my thread.