I don't have a dog in this fight, but I'll side with others on this debate.

I take my dog to see his friends at the dog park every morning and usually take an hour or two nap in the afternoon most days.

Now, I am seeing people walking little dogs around. 

You had 5 dogs before the stray and her 7 new puppies came. 

Beyond property owner losses are retailers, grocery workers, dog walkers and all walks of life whom’s livelihood was interrupted.

They can't assess all the subjective data like overall layout, view from the living room window, the dogs next door that bark all day, the width of doorways, size of individual rooms, quality of kitchen cabinets and appliances, etc.The best thing to do is study your market regularly.

You're feeding 2 dogs with one biscuit by taking care of your living expenses and generating rental income at the same time, and by living in the house and keeping it to 4, you generally get exemptions on things that might bother you to live with (IE you can choose whomever you want as your tenants without running afoul of fair housing laws).

It was off market, I paid a local bird dog $20k for helping to get it to the close and even including that $20k at market rate it met the 1% rule.Today my underwriting would not have a 1% ratio with 80% LTV as positive cash flow in class C.  

We love real estate.

I really love RE and am wanting to do something that I am passionate about and would compliment my current goals in RE.