We have far to many documented case of tenants paying first months rent and that is the last money the landlord ever receives.

My focus is to stand out from my competition so prospects pick up my mail over the other letters that they're receiving.

People tend to form opinions based on what people drive and I think low ball offers are received better from a broke guy in a beater rather than the shark investor in the BMW.

There is always the chance that someone else can come in higher if they were receiving multiple offers.

Once i receive them I would like a professional opinion.

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You'll probably see GCs here in the bay area mark up material 10 to 15%, though sometimes they receive a builders discount so there is a smaller gap between their quote and the retail price for everybody else.

If this is just a small, passive income stream, I don't see why it would effect you receiving benefits.

Yesterday I received an email on one of our deals that is threatened not to close because the title company didn't record the original purchase in a timely manner.  

@Jon SwiftYou have received some good answers on setting out rental criteria but not much on what to do in this case.