This prevents things like "the LL said my security deposit would be applied to my last months rent (no your SD is for damages and will be refunded AFTER the last months rent is paid and any repairs are deducted), "the W/D,fridge, stove... are mine not the previous LL's", "I signed for $500/mo rent but the LL said I only had to pay $400 as long as I mow the grass and do the snow removal" ect2) Now you need to know if the LL might have placed higher than market tenants using some sort of a teaser "no SD required" or " free first months rent (but higher than market rent for the remaining lease term)".

@Richard Rheker ...When I started out, I cut grass, painted, demo and was a helper on most rehabs.

Some kind of service company comes to look at the place (at least from the outside) and mow the grass.

But, if you are all jittery about a remote possibility of it being called, then stay up there on the porch with the puppies because the grass is kind of tall out here where the big dogs play.

Most of my information was fed to me by a neighbor.

Hello I have been involved in a short sale as of march the sellers bank did a BPO April and still haven't gotten a call yet telling me if they accepted the offer. Now I'm in no position to wait for six plus month and...

We also have loaned the kids money & held the fully documented mtg(s) on said properties if they didn't have enough to capitalize the purchase.Always Beholding to the Fed Approved interest rates & this has definitely passed scrutiny.

The snakes are out there, you just have to keep the grass cut low.

People are not going swimming in the ocean in Dec, Jan Fed, Mar, etc.

Since buying is finally starting to pick up I think the fed will try to keep rates low for a little longer to just keep the buying trend going a little more before they start to bump them up, but I've already seen my rate bump up for a refi I locked in this week.