I have been in situations where a person invited me into their house (one instance was several large men who lived together) and I declined, because something didn't feel right.

Dwayne - If I had to correct all of the grammatical and punctuation errors on the forums, I'd be doing it full-time.Sadly, as instant messaging emerged as a form of communication, the proper use of the English language declined.

I don't know if you're a buy and hold or flipper, but if you're buy and hold I can tell you that last time (in Houston) the big decline in rents TRAILED the decline in prices by a few years.Those rents STAYED DOWN as a lot of the excess inventory was snapped up by BUY AND HOLD investors who then NEEDED to keep those units rented.

The base business of the S-Corp is in decline, and I've been looking at REI for years as something to move into.

So not only is their equity shrinking from the declining market but their loan balance is increasing due to negative amort.

That's 83% of the market value and too high for me (especially in a declining market)!

I'm looking in several states around the nation.Our own backyard is precarious at the moment due to the declining market status it has acheived.

I see big problems.Can I decline showing her the property based on her not actually having the Section 8 voucher yet?

I need to decide if the potential amount of a 40 day water bill/lien would be more than the effort of having to chase a tenant every month to pay their bill should they decline to reimburse me for paying it.

Some people would argue that you should use OPM to the largest extent possible, even if it means leveraging yourself to the point where you risk being upside-down on properties if values decline.