They usually exhibit a “flat” growth curve with no major spikes or declines.

A landlord may not:(1) charge an applicant a screening fee when the landlord knows or should have known that no rental unit is available at that time or will be available within a reasonable future time;(2) collect or hold an applicant screening fee without giving the applicant a written receipt for the fee, which may be incorporated into the application form, upon request of the applicant; or(3) use, cash, or deposit an applicant screening fee until all prior applicants have either been screened and rejected, or offered the unit and declined to enter into a rental agreement.Subd. 2.Return of applicant screening fee.

Sellers have three options: agree to all of the buyers’s requests, offer a modified solution back to the buyer, or decline to make any amends.

He declined, saying his mother in law had helped them out with some rent money.

She declined, hurt his feelings and had her regular AC guy go out only find out that her tenant didn't have half of the AC vents open in the house.)TLDR; let your tenant be a tenant and let your contractors be contractors.

Negative cap rates, $1150/sq foot pricing still selling, under 30 days on market - nuts.That said - suburbs (I don't follow South of Boston as I do north of Boston) have definitely started to slow anything above $800K - and we're seeing price declines in the upper inventory (Lexington, Bedford, Concord, Carlisle, etc). 

They are asking for a Vendor Deposit of $400 upon Application to cover some expenses, like appraisal reports and home inspection reports, that is non refundable even if the loan is declined FOR ANY REASON.Is this a common practice from this type of lenders?

That the value of the property declines the property owner falls behind on an underwater mtge, the 1st lien holder forecloses leaving nothing for me in the 2nd lien position.

Here is my approach to finding an area:I search by zip code and filter for zip codes where the population grew and the unemployment rate declined in the past 5 years.For the left-over zip codes, I look for low price-to-rent ratios.

Each cycle hits a peak and then a decline.