Once they do place a tenant, you will stop by and visit with them explaining to their how they are being abused and how they can have the utility company come out to verify this violation.

Don't even mention him and have something verifying you have money to spend independent of dad's decision.

We prefer minimum 3 x rent in verified income, clean credit and background checks, non-smoking, no cats, and we actually prefer a renter with a well-trained large dog.  

They just sometimes choose not to, especially when the renter doesnt have enough move-in money saved up.This may help a tenant who otherwise would not qualified based on their application (evicted out of previous places for non-payment, no verifiable income, no credit, bad or no landlord history, etc) because they are able to come up with last month's rent to overcome issues with their application that may have otherwise resulted in a legitimate denial of their application because the landlord might be afraid they are going to get "stiffed" otherwise. 

We will verify with an inspection.

.-  Even though FHA doesn't have the restrictions, they are now more strict about ensuring that the renovation has verifiably increased the value of the property. 

I see where @David Begley is coming from because there are some wholesalers who make up numbers to push their deals, but the numbers i provide for my houses are verified with comps, they are reliable but not guaranteed numbers.

I would love to JV these with someone who has experience with Bulk portfolios or who has a verified buyer.

My first multi-family purchase has been a disaster, and I probably wouldn't have bought it at all had I verified everything that everyone was telling me.

This way it highlights the parcel and you can verify that the address, parcel number and physical location all coincide.