.- MLS originally listed $1200 MTM w/lease- At time of P&S, listing said $1200 MTM no lease- There is no security deposit- The unit was already pretty beat up, but some damage is evidently from the tenant (ie: their kid beat up the baseboard pretty badly crashing into it on his tricycle MANY times all around the living room)- Per contingencies, I received a statement from the current owner stating he receives $1275/month and includes internet & water- Also he is verifying this income per another contingency he agreed toI am opening this to discussion because I'd like to hear some opinions of my game plan for handling the unit:- I'd like to have an introduction with the tenant and see about getting them on a short-term lease (ending right before school starts up, just in case)- I don't want to increase rent, if anything I'd lower it and no longer include internet (maybe)- I'd like to acquire a security deposit, but not sure how to go about this without tainting the relationship with the tenant, and considering the pandemic, don't want to ask for MORE money right now- Can I even hold the tenant responsible for any damage that was evidently caused by them if I'm inheriting the property in it's current condition (after the damage was done)?

He has nonrecourse loans; so, he won't go bust.Let's save the internet garbage talk for the bad guys instead of other real estate investors.

Headlines on the internet and in the newpapers announcing that there will be no evictions for 60 to 90 days. 

While I waited I did the opposite and stuck nearly all of my capital into equities with close to the same balance as you, I used the broad index as my saving account which paid off quite a bit.Finding a primary or even a househack in NYC or even parts of NJ was a struggle for me a few years ago because I couldn't find a deal that I was really satisfied with.

I could definitely be wrong there.Just some surface-level thoughts, but I think the MarketWatch journalists just took recent housing data affected by COVID and slapped it into a blog post for easy internet traffic.

He agreed to my price, I asked for more info about them and he sent me this link:https://www.ftworthhomebuyers.net/Hes using an internet/google number thats diff from the one on the website.Is this a scam?

I've heard of some drive-by appraisals and some desk appraisals (basically just comping the property from what's viewed on the internet), but it seems case by case.

"Development" is really a broad term so I would start by defining what that means to you.

As a result, the perception is often that retail is broadly in decline and that our future lies with e-commerce and its network of warehouses and trucks.

You won't get this experience quickly on the Internet nor by limiting yourself to a subset of buyers.