It'll be in red and ALL CAPS.

Educating landlords on best tenant screening practices and tenant screening red flags is by far and away the best insurance they could ever get.  

Thank you,James use a quality primer (like Zinser bulls-Eye, 123) then your choice of paint.source: deep brown, deep brick red, some bright orange, blue and indigo, house with dogs...

Already they are trying to push you and they haven’t even signed anything yet is a big red flag 

We own a 2/1 recently renovated single family home in Red Bluff CA.

So.. you can tell him .. there are other ways then jumping into the deep end without teasing the waters first .. oh, one more idea came to mind .. take him to a reia meeting and have him explain his business plan to a bunch of strangers who are investors themselves .. maybe he will listen to them , if he does not listen to you I wish you and your friend the very best ..God Speed, Michael Short 

Just looking at this deal at a very high level without digging too deep I don't love the numbers you have presented for the Champaign/Urbana market.  

@Matthew Greco @Ben LeybovichThe red, orange and yellow would be the war zones you definitely don't want to live.The chart below overlays the green or yellow are the cheapest areas to overlap the along w the safest areas.  

@Cameron Marmon No Tax Return is a major red flag!!

Right now, we have our eye on rental property investing, particularly multi-family (probably tri-plex or four-plex), but we're still trying to learn all the possible avenues of real estate investment.I'm currently neck deep in learning the details of financial analysis of potential rental investment properties, and would love some suggestions on the best place to ask questions on this topic (the Buying & Selling Real Estate Discussion forum?).