I have done over $4.5M worth of real estate with strangers, who I met through the internet.

There is a lot of statistics to parse through and a lot of information and opinions on the internet to read, but at the end of the day, you have to make your own decision about the quality of a neighborhood and why it might get better or worse.  

Otherwise a HML letter or the POF from an end buyer are prob next best.The generic ones off the internet are generally worthless, as any decent real estate agent will recognize them and disregard your offer.

Who is paying for water, electric, gas, internet etc.? 

For example, are you including internet?

It offers amenities like a work out facility, internet, a pool and front yard care in the HOA.

Posting something on the internet and wanting something is extremely easy, however doing it requires dedication, persistence, all that.

I ended up paying a process server $125 to go over there and warn them that the sheriff would be physically removing them if they were still there when we came back.

Joe's lease has provisions against this, so I properly serve him a "10 day notice to cure" using a process server ($$).

This is not some internet-created form document, but a legitimate, bulletproof series of contracts written by a Real Estate attorney.