Brian, Here's an interesting article about some of the things that happened to landlords in the Great Depression: http://www.workers.org/2008/us/anti-eviction_struggles_0221/ Here's my favorite quote from the article: A wave of evictions hit the country as millions of jobless workers were forced into the streets by the landlords who had happily profited off their rent payments before the stock market crash.

A quick clarification... some posters (Anti Guru, for one) have mentioned that high Debt to Income ratio will lower your FICO.

Also the rent control laws are very anti landlord/pro tenant.

I am pretty anti debt as well, the only reason I have been carrying this debt this long is because it's all 0%.

Once again this year the 90 day anti-flipping rules has been waived through the end of the year.

Even if there is mold up there (and there's a good chance there isn't), disposing of the damaged drywall and spraying an anti-microbial on the wood framing should be all the remediation you need.Put up some new sheetrock, paint, and you're good as new.

I too am anti debt.

Not only you may get yourself in trouble with RESPA, you may also be violating anti-trust issues and anti-steering issues of the Dodd-Frank Act.If you really want to do it, talk to your attorney first to make sure it is ok.

There was some talk about anti forclosure on VA's , I didn't pay too much attention to it however.

Has anyone used or had experience with AC Trax Anti-Theft system?