I guess that works if you want a listing or wholesalers type things.. but if you actually want to close on a deal I cant see why folks get the cart in front of the horse.. 

I've heard of agents riding around town just opening doors and hoping the buyer will pick something.

Not to beat a dead horse here, but find a lender that you like working with, trust, and one that does a lot of transactions similar to yours, and is willing to say the hard things (i.e.

She has extra people living there, they are getting a free ride, they can pay for their own place to stay. 

Bigger concern is making sure you have enough buffer that its not going to be an issue riding the volatility out until the rents go up enough you don't care .

Purchased new a work horse set that’s pretty basic with no electronic components runs me about $1100.

We let it ride & then found it was her brother going through a tough separation so occasionally he needed to get away. 

@Abdi Muya - based on your long post, it seems that you're putting the cart before the horse. 

After swallowing some lumps thanks to one thread I posted back in April, I should (crossed fingers, no blown furnaces or sheard off roofs) be in a good position next year to reinvest.This is hopefully not a beat the dead horse, "where is the best cash flow in X" post, more of a strategy question for anyone who knows the market in CT.Here is what my limited knowledge/intuition tells me: Waterbury, Bridgeport, parts of Hartford cash flow best because of the inherent risk, lower fairfield county cash flows worst (today) because of NYC effect on price/rent, and there is an in-between SOMEWHERE.I think that somewhere is in the central part of the state between route 8 and 91 north of new haven, east of waterbury.

My question is, would you just let this ride or does it make more sense to attempt to catch them while they're working and ask them to stop?