a specific quote from the actual HUD guidance,"HUD is providing this guidance to help housing providers distinguish between a person with a nonobvious disability who has a legitimate need for an assistance animal and a person without adisability who simply wants to have a pet or avoid the costs and limitations imposed by housingproviders’ pet policies, such as pet fees or deposits."  

@Don Konipol Hey Don I appreciate you clarifying the term wholesaling for me, and I definitely didn’t mean any disrespect by calling it an investment strategy, but I appreciate you pointing out the detailed and distinguishable differences of how it is an occupation, and why it doesn’t fit the criteria of real estate investing because I would have never known otherwise man ha! 

Sifting through Zillow you may be able to find properties that look comparable but miss distinguishing features that have huge implications for your analysis.

Then again, when dealing with potential tenant-buyers who may be less ideal candidates, I suppose a stage house might not help distinguish between someone who is a good fit or not.

@Mike Jacovelli Hey Mike, I’ve dealt with this a lot since I began my journey and it seems to get worse the more distinguished your interests get.

I totally agree with you Joe.People need to distinguish between making an offer and the due diligence phase. 

It brought up a new topic of distinguishing between different types of income I'd be interested to hear people's thoughts on.

It seems like a good chance for hosts whose reputation is important to them to distinguish themselves by refunding people’s money, or at least part of it, or allowing them to reschedule.

This is a hard line to distinguish and a line that a lot of investors accidentally, or even knowingly, take advantage of. 

@Jill F. agreed- I believe the vast majority of us are working with the tenants that require assistance.Affluent landlords are discounting and cancelling rent across the board.Unfortunately the media does a poor job of Distinguishing between the rich landlords and the small businesses which relay on rent to fund their operations.