In my case, I haven’t even seen the property other than detailed videos and pictures.

The more customers they have the less time they have for you and the more the prices rise as a simple supply and demand works out in their favor.

I have read 10-12% return is ideal, thats still a small number in the big picture of things.

It had sat on the market a while (Likely because the pictures taken were sub-par and there was minor damage to a detached garage.

A sole proprietor that doesn’t have onsite customers?

Numbers in the picture is quoted off the sellers asking price with 20% down and 4% interest rate.

A lien under this subchapter does not attach to:(1) wearing apparel;(2) tools, apparatus, and books of a trade or profession;(3) schoolbooks;(4) a family library;(5) family portraits and pictures;(6) one couch, two living room chairs, and a dining table and chairs;(7) beds and bedding;(8) kitchen furniture and utensils;(9) food and foodstuffs;(10) medicine and medical supplies;(11) one automobile and one truck;(12) agricultural implements;(13) children's toys not commonly used by adults;(14) goods that the landlord or the landlord's agent knows are owned by a person other than the tenant or an occupant of the residence; and(15) goods that the landlord or the landlord's agent knows are subject to a recorded chattel mortgage or financing agreement.

They both have easy to get financing which I use until the remodel is finished and then pay it off....Good customer service and all that...

Big picture some of it won't make a difference. 

As an example there was a person who messaged me who had a profile picture of them blowing meth clouds.