Enough homeowners suffer a fraud where they quit-claim their properties over to an individual for a "loan modification program" or a rent-to-own type deal that the judges become very cautions, and the rest of us honest participants suffer.

Well, on the west side of my property I only have maybe 2 to 3 ft of property but the neighbors have taken the liberty to plant a garden there and close off the area.

Start with these 4 steps:1. contact a Real Estate Attorney who will gladly help with the writing sales contacts and will close the sale for you.   2. contact a Mortgage Broker & Bank Loan Officer to refer potential buyers to so they can get pre-approved if they don't already have a legit qualification Letter   3. contact one of the sign post companies to come out and plant the typical real estate post in the yard to hang your FSBO sign 4. have a FSBO sign professionally made with a rider sign underneath By Appointment ONLY with your cell number.5. put together a flyer with pictures and info, sales price, etc. to email potential buyersInitially, you'll get all the neighbors calling, acting like potential buyers to see what you are asking for the property. 

I suffer from anxiety and one day before closing they found that my brother owed 20,000 in child support and a lein was on the house.

We are constantly getting stupid letters...trash cans left out too long, cars not parked all the way in the driveway, and my favorite letter from a couple months ago - potted plants by front door were overgrown.

The article gets one thing right: Landlords are suffering at the hands of tenants that continually make bad choices.

By investing conservatively, in good middle class neighborhoods we never suffered much in losses and by not having loans our flexibility and ease of purchase (cash) and sales (seller financed) always went smoothly.

They'll be standing with their feet planted when their buddy shouts from 20 feet away and they'll LEAVE THEIR FEET PLANTED AND "SPIN", which tears the composition right off.

Then he'd call and tell me to pick up a few bags of mulch, 8 or 10 shrubs to plant and bring my weekwhacker, chainsaw and big ladder.

It plants a seed about passive income.