Although my personal belief is they do not teach any type of boots on the ground, or thinking patterns for daily usable information that will lead to closing more sales, or running what amounts to a sales operation. 

They thought I lost my marbles, lol. 

Not only do the colors make the photo pop, the pattern has a naturally calming effect on the mind and implies that your place is orderly in addition to being stylish! 

Pros: landlord friendly, diverse industries, stable economy, good suburban schools for kids (my kids went to Carmel schools when they were little), insurance costs are reasonable (occasional tornadoes)Cons: property taxes: mine are 2.77% Indy and 2.7% Hamilton County as an investor and they go up with no predictable pattern 17% for both homes recently, if you compare appreciation to California and western states, not as high, winter weather issues (frozen pipes if someone isn't checking on vacant properties

My main point is that trading NYSE is very centric on pattern recognition.

But weirdly, a good number of these deals fall apart halfway through.Either the seller backs out… changes terms… or just ghosts.Curious—has anyone else run into this pattern with seller-financed hybrid deals?

@Scott Nachitilo Thanks so much, Scott—this is exactly the kind of insight I was hoping for.I love that your solution combines education, subtle triage, and pattern-tracking without making tenants feel penalized.

.), it does consider factors like crime rates, school quality, and local economics — all of which can indirectly overlap with sensitive social patterns.

That is why I find it important to be on multiple (we are on 18) platforms, properly price the property, and make sure the reviews are consistently good and do not have patterns of "issues" IE communication, cleaning, etc and you will be just fine. 

(Note: we don't do this one for buy and holds because we are holding the property indefinitely.Second Lien Position secured against the Deed of trust (I am aware of the difference between 1st and 2nd)|Due Diligence I've Done/Doing:Searched investor's name on Pacer.gov (No results)Searched online for reviews or known lawsuits (nothing solid and no patterns of complaints)Showed deal to other investors/lenders (general feedback is that it's higher risk but may be worth testing)Asking for explanation of numbers.