In real estate you want to take advantage of the 5 ways of making money (cash flow, loan pay down, tax benefits, appreciation, inflation), sounds like you could strengthen the first by shifting your equity & in doing so getting a better return on equity. 

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."

In this type of market do you need to go out his source deals     You need to be doing direct mail and strengthen your relationship with brokers deals definitely are harder to come by but they're out there by the way I think single family homes are just as competitive especially in Rochester.  

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.

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

Attach a sheet of plywood to the inside will strengthen it (will be like what is called a shear wall)  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shear_wall4) Is this on a slab?

These things can actually do you good and strengthen you for the better.

If there are multiple persons on the lease and one has higher income or credit than the others, that can strengthen the application if not all applicants are as creditworthy.We also require that all adult applicants be listed on the lease in order to bind them all to the terms of the lease.Do your due diligence and be professional, and they won't know it's your first time.

This is what Fannie Mae said:  "We strengthened our credit loss management operations by adding 214 new full-time employees and a substantial number of contractors, and by hiring an Executive Vice President—Credit Portfolio Management.

If the deal worked and cash flowed, this wouldn't hurt your credit, if anything it would strengthen it because you have a performing loan under your belt.Cheers,Jordan