One d-bag I dealt with REFUSED to call me back after repeated voice mails, so I called buyers broker and then got bitchy email citing a bunch of industry acronyms (like he tried to fit as may as he could in there) and then finished with telling me to take it up w local building inspector.

I do a refundable deposit to motivate the tenant - not just for the pet but for themselves (a lot of tenants, where you accept 1 month deposit, will just leave the last month's as rent leaving you holding the bag).I have had no such issues yet but there definitely are dangers w/ accepting pets.

If you are able to pull off the Lease_Option_to_buy, in two years maybe the Real Market corrects that way you are not left holding the bag. ie., Underwater in Mortgage.If it does indeed correct then you can opt out and make new offer on the home.

Welcome @Kerry SmithBP is definitely a resource you can add to your kit bag. I

They left me holding the bag. I

We do have those on all the best except the bunkbeds.It folds up and goes into a bag. I

Refinishing can be a mixed bag. I

Without going back in forth with this old bag, I decided to move in Silence.

Now that the cat is out of the bag, I also wish that the "cosmetic rehabs" were easy to come by too.

@Caleb: things are going well so far, but it's a mixed bag. I