Also the exact nature of use, residential use only, has to be stated and approved; and anyone who stays on your property you are to be notified, and they are to be be approved by you.

It is basically a natural plant growing, so don't think it would have any negative effect on the condition of a home.

This would be my first property and I’m naturally skeptical.

Naturally I am biased because I live here and invest here, but like others have said it is important to really learn the market.

Last question in relation to finding deals--does anyone have experience with soliciting in the wake of a natural disaster?

In my day job I own a marketing agency and by nature I am SUPER creative.

When they first moved in i did let them convert my landscaping from rocks to turf after i just paid for landscaping.

I don't know what type of backgrounds some of those large companies l typically like to pull from, but wouldn't think engineering (with it's analytical nature and work ethic that typically are associated with this background) would be a negative. 

After reading and speaking with other lenders, I've found there are a couple of different ways these companies are structured:1) A close-ended fund much in the nature of a PE/private credit fund, where the operator earns an asset management fee of invested capital (2%) and a servicing fee of the loans in the portfolio that the operator is actively managing (.5-1%).

So, the girls house is going to serve as a leading indicator for me to see how the market values her upgrades, because she is putting a lot of expensive rock and gold colored things in the house.