Proper winterizing would have drained all water from pipes except for traps; traps get RV anti-freeze added to the water in the trap.

@Viral Patel You might want to type the name of this guy + "scam" into Google.

I've never done one, but you might be well advised to know the government has an interest in closely scrutinizing these intermediary (midco) transactions under a number of different anti abuse regimes that come complete with onerous penalties and other sanctions.

Or is this a scam lender tactic?

Luckily I won't have a single dollar in the scam market.

It's those maniacs that buy homes cash via quit claim deed off of craigslist that really get screwed.Make sure your property manager is a licensed real estate brokerage.Google Clayton Morris scam and/or Morris Invest scam for a cautionary tale of what not to do when buying turnkey real estateUnderstand you can not eliminate all risk, only mitigate it.

To be fair a lot of them smoke outside of their homes as they are equally as anti-smoke as I am and are respectful of their spouses and housemates.

Is this a scam or a great opportunity?

Is this common in oil country or a scam? 

ABSOLULTY 10,000% A SCAM YOU SEND THE 750 YOU LOSE IT..