However, this is not the case in most circumstances but I’m just trying to be a good journalist here.* **Application fee**: this covers the cost for credit and criminal background checks.

If you leave out the ‘pet fee,’ you can avoid a costly lawsuit and only deal with a small claims case in a worst case scenario.To your success!

Case in point...my number of vacant units is low due to high demand but my vacancy dollars are too high (i.e. turns are way too long relative to norms). 

This is not the case in the states.

Are you aware if that’s the case in Illinois because I didn’t find anything close to that.

But the market sometimes goes against you, so you may not get an auction, or worst case, in a down market you may sell at an actual auction.

The margins would have to be a bit larger in this case, in order to pay back the higher interest rate for the initial lender.

The landlord would then have to restart the entire process.If this is not the case in Detroit, then your brother-in-law is fortunate.If he hasn't yet, he will request a writ of possession from the court.

Case in point: I sold a $1.175M house, new construction, beautiful modern in January 2018.

There was a case in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California (Case# 2:15-cv-00799-KJM-DB) whereby tenants had separate agreements with landlord for laundry and parking.