But the new tenants were willing to wait & the transition was great.In the days of our 'rent to owns' we would do the same & schedule an open house as soon as we got notice of them vacating & we never had any problems.However, last year we did have one very difficult, miserable, stubborn, mean, impossible woman who would not comply.

HOAs are very stubborn negotiating discounted payoffs, in my experience.

I have asked him to tidy up, but he is very stubborn.

And for those who refuse to change, 2019 is going to present a problem… a big problem.Drones, Millennial buyers, third-party listing websites, and virtual tours make it increasingly difficult for stubborn agents and investors to increase revenue.

I also hear that banks are stubborn in loaning money to real estate investors because of all the expenses such as repairs.

But, it took a year and a half because they were stubborn and wanted a substantial claim for discomfort.

I tried to buy back their Option from them but they were stubborn.

If you scan multifamily listings in Oakland (which I do periodically) I'm always struck by a) deferred maintenance, and b) tenants who are stubbornly stuck in place and whose units are really run down and living in bad conditions.

New floors, paint, updated kitchen and bathrooms, as well as fixing stuck windows, stubborn doors, certain appliances.

Either the agent "bought the listing" by promising some ridicules price, or a stubborn owner who put a couple grand in upgrades and expects to get double that back plus labor.Bottom line, if the house was burned to the ground, infested, with 2 liens, but was worth $800,000 and would only take half of that to make all the problems go away... and the asking price was $1000..... it would be sold by nightfall.