Well, I was alone as it turns out, and the owner left.I opened the front door and I gazed at what I thought was a stuffed animal just past a big screen TV.

Not just past, but future. 

Being guided by rules of thumb can backfire.I've always considered being a landlord as buying a job, sometimes it's a great jo and sometimes not.If you never had the job before, you may miss some things like:A tenant has a guest over who trashes the place...Your tenant turns out to be a cook, a met cook.....Your units/house get red tagged, vacancy may be for months....Tenants die in there, little extra clean up and disclosing the death to new applicants might take longer to rent....Oh, city council just past another safety code for rentals, write a check....Your insurance is cancelled, you don't have a fire escape for the second floor....You find out you still need to evict a tenant who was just sent to prison....It's December 23, 8:00 pm, the furnace just broke down, call a motel....A greese fire just took out the kitchen ceiling.....Oh, the fire burned the electrical, the fire department just red tagged you....The next door neighbor's kid was bitten my your tenant's dog, do you still have the same agent....Notice of Legal Action, April 28th, are you off that day.....Tenant broke a faucet, the place is flooded from the top floor down....Another Order to Appear, a health code violation, the tenant's lawn mower is broken....How's that easy money going for ya?

I live out west just past Ann Arbor.

@Brandon Shoults @Amber Wills Awesome,awesome, I suggested Eureka Natural foods because they have that seating area just past their coffee bar and deli bar. 

Do you know if there is current infestation or just past damage?

Hi guys, I'm building my first STR cottage in Oliphant, Ontario, Canada just past Sauble Beach on the south bruce peninsula.

Just past the tax.  

My state of Wisconsin just past and starting in March of this year every lease must have a notice of domestic violence protections or the lease is not legally binding.

I recently replaced the one in my primary residence and it was JUST past its warranty period.