He kept getting this bad feeling and felt like he was being watched.

This is bad, very bad.... 

Quote from @Marta Wendel: Thach Nguyen's program is very bad!

Purchase price: $150,000 Cash invested: $150,000We bought this property for 150K as a 2 unit on October 2024, and we converted it to a 3 unit, this property was in a really bad shape, and we completely renovated it, we finished the renovation on May 1 2025, we refinanced and we took out almost all our money, now this is a great cash flowing property of $1485 a month, we separated all utilities so this is cash flowing beautifly.

Cashout refi's are tough to execute with poor credit, and there is no guarantee that paying off old trades with bad history will improve your score. 

Not a bad ROI!  

It is along story and a case of bad facts make bad law. many sates copied the MD law. 

If you just hire the cheapest or first PMC you speak with and it turns into a bad experience, please don’t assume ALL PMC’s are bad and start trashing PMC’s in general.

I think it looks bad.

Also with all the incentives for renting to low income and section 8 tenants would the benefits outweigh the risk of getting a bad tenant?