Dealing with 'regular' realtors, often is a sufficient enough hassle that some brokers will often frown at having to deal with the investor/agent.

The old laws on the books, if enforced, were sufficient IMO.I guess the gov't wants all of the hundreds of thousands of people living in "Lonnie deal" homes to instead just rent their homes and deal with the cut-off water, the no air-conditioning repair, the roach and vermin infestation, the leaking toilet, the broken dishwasher that their landlord refuses to repair while the local courts get an influx of eviction cases. 

I thought 80% LTV was sufficient but prices dropped 40%, ouch!

Do you know if I have to repost using key worlds like Maryland Real Estate Agent in my post or having used words like that in your and my replies is sufficient.  

If you have a sufficient buffer from that area then the effects will be less.    

So I'm thinking of taking on a partner who has the cash but does not have good enough credit or job to be apart of the financing ,he has sufficient cash on hand for his half of the deal.

If you advertise that a tenant must make $2,700 gross, then you excluded a retiree on $2,200 a month who may have sufficient savings, or another retirement income that will pay out in 6 months or a young couple where dad will co-sign the lease! 

Another lesson learned here is to make sure that the security deposit is a sufficient amount (many get a full month's rent) and have it stated in writing that the security deposit is non-refundable, but gets converted to a refundable type once certain conditions are met.  

The two questions we should be asking ourselves is it quality or quantity that matter and is it more important to have a higher cash flow with less units or would you rather have more units with less cash flow? 

Interactions with the legal system always leave a trail, should you sufficiently irritate Attorney Sanchez, he can prove certain connections with maybe 5-10 minutes on Lexis-Nexus.