I need to have a stiffer back bone when it comes to the negotiation..

If that’s the case, your assessments will probably form the backbone of your case — and you’ll be doubly glad you had them available.

Using the insurance company excuse is ok, but that's not showing much backbone if that's not the true reason.If you are not opposed to having tenants with dogs (TWD's) then turn this into an opportunity for you.

With no down payment, he had nothing.. no backbone.

They are the backbone of that economy, kokomo is great because you can still find cheap homes.

There are tuns of wordpress themes for different nitches, many are free but you can also pay for premium ones.Wordpress is a robust backbone for your website, but if all that sounds to complicated there are other solutions.

Those that seem to lie to their tenants just have no backbone, and when the tenant finally figures out your the owner (and they only have to look online) you look pretty stupid.Also, fix things immediately.

If you can, id suggest finding a really good cleaning company in the area and paying them extra than what they price you at because they will be the backbone of your operation especially if you do not want to pay 20-25% for a management company.

Thank goodness to those of us that still have a backbone.          

I have the backbone to deal with "positive debt".