So, had to drive an hour to the house to deliver an eviction notice.

He said, if someone were to get injured on one of my properties (hypothetically) and walked into his office wanting to sue me, he would most likely take that case based on the amount of houses I had and the assets to go after. 

I have a unique situation where an elder lady wants to gift me her house.

House-hack, house-hack, house-hack.

I'm chatting with a guy who has a 5/2 SF house in the Tampa Bay area and he's renting out 5 rooms on a month-to-month basis.

A friend of mine who still lives there said he couldn't believe how many houses are currently for rent in 5 points and Old Town.

That entire area is basically pure residential housing. 

They may be an emerging manager that is a great operator, but simply haven't been around very long, or it could be a very experienced manager with more acquisitions connections (and presumably good deal flow) than investor contacts, so needs to market to build that network to capitalize on the good deals they are finding.That being said, these "off market syndicators", as you call them, are like "off market houses".  

The issue, of course, is that renting close to a college/university is highly seasonal in that students want housing mostly for the beginning of the fall semester. 

What I know about this house is that there should be no mortgage (messaged realtor to verify), last sold for $60k in 2004.Rent in my area; $1,200 is usually pushing it but doable.https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/200-Walnut...At the end of the day, I love the idea of seller financing but I have many more questions when it comes to different types of properties that might be mortgaged and how does one pay the monthly payments on top of paying the equity to the seller at the same time.