In the future, do a court records search at https://casesearch.courts.state.md.us/casesearch/If you had done that, you would have seen they have 8 failure to pay rent cases against them.

The tenant proactively requested help in paying their rent2. 

Many times the tenant would not pay their portion of the rent on time if at all.  

… $1.2MWith head shaking, I responded that he didn’t just buy a $1.2M property from an old woman who was unable to pay her taxes for $80k.

You put in the terms of the lease, the tenant name and email and MySmartMove sends out the background check request and the tenant fills in all their information and pays for the check which is now $44/applicant.

Seller is paying $5,000 of closing costs and a $5000 credit towards a contractor for repairs found during inspection.Here is the part that is bothering me...

These are very personal decisions.I can't tell you how many times I had a seller pay me to go in and redo kitchens and baths, and then get called back by the new buyer to redo the brand new custom work....just because of color.I would just put the house on the market and price it a little high, maybe $20k...?

I got into a boat load of debt at a multifamily conference where I learned about the fascinating idea of syndication.

What are you paying them for?

In my opinion, that is a total waste.Instead, I would pay 100% attention to who I am speaking with at the time, remember their name, remember 1-2 talking points about them.