Perhaps your response was lost into cyber space!

The threat of foreclosure may make them wake up.

I think you are right, if that pesky tenant is late again and there is the threat of eviction looming that could just be the straw that breaks the camel's back.

Don't ever insinuate a threat toward me again.

The bluer the state, the more risks you have on your real estate because the number of fines/payments to be made, and entities to be paid under threat of lein action escalates by the state.

Again, in normal circumstances, holding cash is great because it is "king" (the threat of dilution to inflation aside, one can only "buy low" in order to sell high if they have cash when others don't (Warren Buffet style).OK so to arrive at my point, is it absolutely true to say: investing in "the dollar" per se might be unsafe in the future compared to what it was in the past, but if you invest in real estate, you are changing out your dollars for real property, and assuming you have the ability to weather housing market fluctuations, it is safe and wise because even if the dollar inflates or weakens, your renters are pretty much always going to need a place to stay, will be paying you in dollars (even if they are inflated), and rents rise and fall based on demand.

For example, once an inspector listed that the french doors leading to the back yard swung out and therefore the hinges were on the outside of the house which presented a security threat because anyone could knock the pin out and take the door of the hinge to break in the house.

I wouldn't touch this at all, and I'd only even consider it if I had a report or letter confirming the oil clean-up had been effective and the asbestos didn't pose a threat.

@John Voirol - Here's another reason to be a dual threat - investor/Realtor.

It is the same argument that is causing deep-pocketed companies to roll over at any threat of product liability litigation against them, and we have thousands of litigation lawyers and a clogged up court system to prove it.Again, I get that you have to balance your short-term picture, but don't ignore the potential long-term impact.