The 10 yr treasury yield which most closely tracks 15 yr mortgage rates and 30 yr increases has moved up a bit but I still think the odds are more in your favor that there won't be a HUGE move by May 30th.   

If I'm giving my money to a business, I find it odd they might want to jeopardize my repeat business with a poor review.Not to mention, I don't have much interaction with my guests.

Odds are good that if you're doing flooring, the answer is No. 

Here is the odd part to me. 

Avid book reader, Chess player (not a pro), Soccer crazy, NFL liker, NBA watcher, Traveler.Virtual protege of Sir Ben Graham, Robert Kiyosaki, Jason Zweig, Peter Lynch, Richard Duncan and Napoleon Hill.

I'm looking at a property that seems like a good deal for owner-occupant plus a renter - it has a nice 3 bedroom house on the street, and another 2 bedroom kind of odd looking house on the back half of the property.

That's very odd . . .

Ive seen some odd things happen in title searches.

If you thought it was crap, then the odds are that other newbies might find it to be useless as well, right?

However, I have read some 'experts' that say unless you practice with your semi on a regular basis you are better off with the simplicity of a wheel gun.AdrianG: after you spend some time reading the many useful posts all over this site, you will see that some of us rent to low-income tenants where we are actively involved in cash rent collections, delivering eviction notices, chasing drug dealers and other undesirables off property, doing repairs at odd hours, etc.