I am currently shopping for a multi family and one of my strong prospects has a basement that is only half finished... and by half finished I mean half of it is a dirt floor.

If it seems prospective, What I will do If I were in your shoes is take care of items that are under $200 repairs and have the seller fix the items above and high ticket items OR re-run tyour numbers this time with repairs and see how this impacts your cash flow. 

Hello,I own a class A single family home and my property manager has been trying for a week now to complete the screening process for a prospective tenant who applied to rent my house.

Aside from that- what's your best advice for starting out and moving forward with a prospective property? 

What’s your comfort level with either prospecting or not?

This approach trades on the prospects of the industry as a whole, rather than the particular stock held.In the case of mutual fund shares, sell the original holding and buy shares in another mutual fund that uses a similar investment strategy.

I felt angry at her breaking the deal, but kept my cool and reasoned with her to try and make it a “win-win” for both of us to no avail, she was driving this train as far as it would take her.Finally, I took possession of the house, after much legal expense and energy and stress on top of my stressful corporate job, and now faced the prospect of evicting her as a squatter who had tenant rights.

I can't answer that question but any agent should sell their services to a prospective client.

They have access to the MLS, off market aka pocket listings via other agents, investors and various prospecting methods.

Using this could be a viable option especially if there are renovations to make on the prospective deal, and is typically low interest.