Gordon lives in Phoenix, but the warranty deed recorded by the county — which was reviewed by Insider — had "Arizona" and "Pima" crossed out and replaced by "Texas" and "Bexar," a county almost 900 miles from TucsonReal-estate agents in Arizona have seen a rise in fraud this year — especially for vacant land.He was miffed that a document as crucial as a deed would not have a rigorous verification process for identification, he said.

Do you honestly think she will magically start to toe the line in the future?

The joists/rim joists were very much visible to to the naked eye.

Someone that twists statements to make their point do so because they have to to try to make their point.  

@Kaitlyn Beard  1) if using a conv  loan / lender -  ask your loan person to  run the  file with address  thru AUS  to see if they get an appraisal waiver ( PIW)  ...if they do - then  you can  avoid the  appraisal .... 2) if an  appraisal  waiver isnt  possible  - the appraiser  will make a note  on the  report and  make the appraisal  " as is "  to  " to be completed"  ....if the entire property flooring isnt  done  -  it will likely be called for by appraiser 

Most of this time there wasn’t easy, online verification of deed transfers, as there are now.  

My goals and strategy would take to to: build a DADU on an existing property for buy another multifamily property.

When buying Subject To to hold, the value is in the difference between the mortgage costs and the rent.

Here's a post I did on Subject To that may helpUsing Subject To, to Get "Free" Properties https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/311/topics/1060320-using-subject-to-to-get-free-properties-a-quick-guideline 

That site can be used to purchase from your bank account also, which is why they ask for financial verification.