Wachovia just raised $7 Billion from existing shareholders and cut their dividend.

I do know that every time we cut taxes or put money back in the hands of the consumer rather than with the goverment, we see consumer spending increase and hiring goes up thus stimulating the overall economy.Now if we can just get more suppliers of fuel and gas since they all merged and are now setting prices!

But did you know that he was cut from his high school basketball team as a sophomore because at 5 feet 9 inches he was deemed to undeveloped?

That system will definitely get you ahead of the curve and cut down your trial and error in this business.

First, I would try to cut the expenses as much as possible (temporarily).

I'm not a huge stickler for weight although in our larger (80+ unit complexes), we are generally on the smaller side and typically have a total pet limit too (usually 2 or 3 max).I also would say that I encourage allowing pets in apartments if the tenant is paying for it for two reasons.1)If you restrict it, you're cutting out a very large % of the poplulation (see here for a nice infographic explaining - http://dailyinfographic.com/which-states-love-dogs-the-most-infographic). 2) It's more revenue and therefore more NOI and therefore more value.

I'd love to get my hands on one of their machines that can cut a key off an image.

I once had a tenant cut out a 6x2 sq ft section of drywall to mount an aquarium in the living room wall.

Regardless, while your opinion that this could be a short cut, here in CA it is common, if not typical to do a second layer before stripping, the is no downside and it is not considered a "short cut" here.

My husband has started a new job that takes all his time and I am just not cut out to be a low income landlord by myself.