If this is your first project, your partner will most likely need to be friend or family... someone who knows you really well since you have no track record. 

Nope, most lenders don't give loans to new RE Investments companies without a track record / collateral 

Thursday’s figure of nearly 3.3 million set a grim record.

We are thinking of either A) letting them know we will be taking the necessary precautions to be safe and reduce exposure during a showing, or B) seeing if they can record a video tour, but it seems unlikely we'd rent it to someone sight unseen. 

Offer to have your attorney draw up a note and records the loan to protect him.

We have it recorded.

I did not run a background check (credit check, evictions record, criminal records check) before she moved in, and now I am regretting it. 

I’m under contract for a piece of land and I’ve been told the malware attack that hit the City of Durham is stopping records from being accessed prior to 1999.

This is not a dig at them, it's a dig at Dave Ramsey.He's an absolute idiot when it comes to investing whether it be securities or real estate and his track record shows that. 

It is true that you could not evict her right now, but that is not going to last, and if she's a great tenant I highly doubt she wants an eviction on her record.