So of course it's already a done deal once the show airs.

I am a prior service Air Force firefighter looking for a career change and I’m thinking about chasing my passion for real estate.

I assumed you did and being familiar with similar situations in housing I suggested what I did.Now, when I was a kid and bugged some older lady, she'd come out waving a broom in the air and chase us off!

Use an independent testing company to do an air quality test to prove the mold has been removed4.

Bill, have seen hotels that have an automatic air turn-off when the doors or windows open.

I suggest your search for "Real Estate 101" that I wrote a few years ago, it will take you through the steps of seller financing and the issues for due diligence, but now there are other issues as well, the SAFE Act and upcomming issues with the CFPB, which is still up in the air.

At that point, I will be a the absolute theshhold of debt that I can manage with my paycheck if (in theory) my two rentals went vacant for a prolonged period of time.

The usual: divorce (especially in a community property state), health problem for you or a family member, uninsured/underinsured catastrophic loss for you or a family member (such as a personal injury car accident), a self-employed tax problem/debt, etc.The less usual: a local water district concluding that the water in the entire area causes leukemia or other cancers and therefore no houses are habitable (which is very possible in some areas of Texas), a prolonged drought that causes the local portable water supply to dry up, a major employer or employers moving out of the area/closing, one tenant (or other person) getting hurt on the property (and getting a multi-million dollar judgment against you), one local tax agency assessing a property tax on your property (I had one try to assess a $100K tax to fund an adjacent highway improvement....), etc.

Is my plan air tight and perfect, probably not, but I take a lot more precaution than most in the industry and still do a lot of deals without getting paralysis of analysis.

I just wanted to clear the air that I am not intending to string them along, only to spam their inbox.