Great movie.

This works better with a larger air compressor that puts out more CFM, ideally more than 3 CFM is what you want.Walk around and make sure all faucets are shut off.  

I doubt much is going to be easy there with shrinking inventories in the ideal locations.

That could be the truth but that is a facet of emotion and not plain facts.It is ideal for a tenant to thank you for times you go above and beyond for them.

My ideal scenario RIGHT NOW would be to offer $160k to the seller, offer the prospective buyer $30k - $40k in renovations of their choosing in exchange for a purchase price of $260k.Any creative thoughts on this deal, financing, etc I would love to hear them.  

Congrats.glad the rental portfolio can fund the ideal lifestyle

So I deal with the "stupid trip" repair bills, higher rates for repairs, not inspecting the property the same way the owner would, etc.  

Ideally, you don't want to compete with ultra common keywords (Real Estate, Wholesaling, Real Estate Investing).

I would ideally want to self manage but not real familiar with dealing with active duty 

The seller wants to buy the home back down the road, so the tenant situation is fairly ideal as long as his income doesn't tank again (divorce and job loss are the initial hardship reasons).I'd also like to incorporate into my financing agreement something that states that non-payment of rent by the seller would result in non-payment of the mortgage, mitigating my risk in the mortgage.