If said tenant paints the house, moves in with no deposit to be held accountable for and then goes ghost in the night midway through the lease, you're left holding the bag. I

I am a land guy so houses are not my bag. I

We are still West which is a mixed bag. I

@Julian Pilate-Hutcherson We work almost exclusively with OOS investors and it's a mixed bag...I sold 3 MF properties this month to folks that have never been to the state...and I have another set of clients that have been in the market for months and make routine visits to the city...I think it has a lot to do with comfort-level...truth told, we can leverage technology and get every possible detail on the table for review to make a pretty informed buy/pass decision...combined with an inspection and appraisal, there is really no need to be here in person looking at deals....

Then they started unfolding this great big heavy duty plastic bag.  I

I have been renting out rooms in Vermont and I find it to be a mixed bag.  I

But for every success story of buying on credit I would wager there are ten where the buyer was under capitalized/ over leveraged and unexperienced and got left holding the bag. I

Sure, it’s not a long term fix, and you may have to patch it up yearly, but I think $12/yr for a bag is a good investment. :)

@Marina Wong it was a mixed bag.  I

The rest is history.Try and be courteous to all, but sometimes being nice leaves you holding the bag.  I