The only reason I left Cozy is because when it switched to Apartments.com they dropped all commercial rentals.  

So the choice of tenant would be key.On the flip side, reasons to hold: a very low mortgage rate; probably not the case. 

In my market there are 2 reasons that keeping is smart.  1) the historical long term appreciation is on going, going back to when records started tracking the appreciation 2) the property tax is near fixed cost.  

Unfortunately, this problem waste a lot of my time that could be spent on other investments.I have used the same tax professional for many years and he is very educated, but also much older than me and it's hard for me to understand all the reasons he has expressed why is better to put the rental on my personal tax returns.

I mean if a seller has any real estate knowledge at all isn’t he going to realize that earnest money that is returnable to the buyer for any reason at all at any time isn’t really earnest money?  

That is one of the main reasons that I’m so skeptical. 

Basically they'll come up with reasons as to why the "guarantee" doesn't apply to your situation. 

My PM asks for ID as step #1 for these reasons. 

Not for any reason, I just didn't think of it... and they had asked for dimensions of the cabinets to replace the fridge anyway. 

It is not uncommon - main reason we see right now is over inflated original ARVs and now borrowers cannot sell and pay off the lender.