If you're in a C-Class investment with no experience as a landlord and no reserve set aside to deal with disasters, I would tell you to buckle in and strengthen your position by building a reserve, educating yourself on landlord tenant law, building policies and procedures 4 difficult situations, etc.

So that might have strengthened our position.

real friendship) may ridicule you, but in the long run it will put you way ahead of your peers, and strengthen your financial and future base.

Hi All,I've been about on the forums recently and have been networking and doing my due diligence on strengthening my week ties.  

Hello,Last week I put an offer in on a duplex in Richmond, VA. The numbers looked great, I was planning on utilizes the rent hack method at the place and it was close to my job. I put an offer in that I thought was fa...

If it strengthens your position to retain some of purchase price in reserve, but can show the bank you can carry the debt and fund rehab component it may make sense for you two to strike a deal where they hold a note for some portion of the purchase price.Kevin- I think that's exactly what is going on with the bank my friend works at.

You have to work harder for the deals but we have seen no decline in returns in fact we have increased our yield requirements if anything as rents are strengthening more rapidly than prices.

As a consequence, banks and their supervisors will take additional time to assess the magnitude and timing of troubled assets sales as part of our larger efforts to strengthen the banking sector."

this idiot also changed the locks and refused to give me a key, another breach which strengthens my case.

My experience is it always strengthens your negotiating position and maybe more importantly helps the house move fast. nothing worse than your listing becoming stale.