Make the tenant put all utilities into their name before they get the keys to move in.You call the utility company and tell them you are the owner and want to verify that your new tenant has put the utilities into their name.

On top of that, the surveyor was unable to verify whether the street was public or private.

If their income can be verified and they qualify they just might be good renters.

is there a certain protocol for calling to check an applicants employment or rental history?

what are some good questions to ask?
is there anything that is off limits?

thanks

Also, I agree entirely that if somebody buys a deal from anybody and loses money, they have but only one person to blame - the person staring back at them in the mirror (unless they were the victim of fraud or some sort of deceit) You present a deal and give the numbers, it is the buyers full responsibility to verify those numbers before taking down the property. - Agreed!

I can tell you for a fact that the tenants are identical.

But I do verify income.

. $1,000.00 over the highest and best offer received by a bonifide buyer up to $XXX,XXX.XX, with such offer being verifiable by buyer's agent four days prior to.

Get past those red flags, verify all information and you will be ok.

compare those total fees to the other gurus to see who, if any, best offer the items you want at the best pricebut also check your local REIA, even if that might mean getting over to Scottsdale - Phoenix in your case, to see if there is a local successful person willing to, or already offering mentoring in the area of commercial investing that interests you [if you've narrowed it down]a local guru has many advantages over a national one, not the least of which is ability to verify happy past referrals that the local guru helpedand ability to introduce you to the professionals you'll need to meet as you build your team toward taking down your 1st cm'l propertyBTWWhat was it about Jason Gilbert's that displeased you---one of my partners was planning to check Gilbert's cm'l bootcamp out later this year?