It’s not like adding a water softener or a reverse osmosis machine.

Brought me potato salad and gumbo!

Well, we're still small potatoes, 2 SFRs. 

If things go bad, the banks can get stuck with these or be forced to buy them back, as happened last time in 2010:https://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/20/business/20norris.htmlThe bottom line: The game of Hot Potato is on.

The stuff you see of Zillow/MLS is interesting but small potatoes compared to the amounts of money changing hands in commercial real estate (CRE). 

The only thing that's left is Fannie/Freddie; full doc and everything that goes with it.Loans, once originated, are a hot potato until they get to servicing. 

I would meet her pronto at the house and look at the steps.If the steps need attention, I would fix it as soon as I can find someone for me that would be my handy man.Your insurance company will pay one claim like this then drop you like a hot potato.

I think when you get through this everything else will seem like small potatoes.

Nothing puts a damper on Thanksgiving Dinner faster than having to evict Uncle Charlie then ask to "pass the potatoes".Folks will always try to help a friend having little concern for the impact it will have on your bottom line.

I went all the way by plane, train, bus and taxi to a little monastary in a forgotten corner of Spain to visit Potato Jesus and see God's promise that He has a sense of humor.