It seems to me that if the investor has enough skin in the game and the ARV is sufficient, that mitigates a lot of the risk. 

Again, other might feel differently here.b) Skin in the game: as a conservative investor, I understand that the dirty secret of industries that the waterfall compensation is in the line with me and incentivizes sponsors to take more risk.

When I sent him the address he laughed.

Have you already experienced leaks, or are you trying to address it before it becomes an issue?

I got only his passport, his phone and email and not sure the address on Yelp is real one or fake. 

The house as been sitting and I’m interested I purchasing it.On records it shows her as the owner and her mailing address as the address.

Everyday I try to find some properties to analyze and today I found this one (address below.)

.  The address she provided on her application stating where she used to rent at belongs to someone else.

I acknowledge that this post will upset a lot of people with a lot of skin in the game.

Hi Alex, is it not possible to either visit or call your local Building Department (I'm guessing in Brookhaven) and ask for the certificates of occupancy for your property's address?