But the concept, putting a buyer and a seller together and collecting a fee, is almost identical to wholesaling.

I guess I'm so used to wholesaling single family residential homes that cashflow, typically, between $150 and $200+ a month that the profit margin per unit which I came up with of somewhere around $160ish per month just didnt seem like it was a "steal".

They can flag your credit history as "fraud victim" and nobody will be able to get credit with that identity without providing extra information.Jon

And what if they steal from each other or someone forgets to lock the door and there's a break-in?

They are right next to each other, adjacent lots, both FNMA properties.Both buildings have identical floor plans.

Why would a thief steal two and leave two alone?

I think if you had two identical homes, one with blown out ceilings one with 8 footers. 999 of 1000 would want to buy/rent the high ceiling house.

Then later I see them for less with the identical information but they always leave out the phone number.

Which is more convenient, paying a couple hundred to have her live somewhere else or she steals thousands of items in the father's house?

Being in the current Portland OR market 260k sounds like a steal.