You were very helpful and I can relax over the weekend now!!

Think about how that would effect the value of your asset and the return you are receiving if inflation were to take a sudden spike.Most of the analysis is common sense, real estate fundamentals, but I have seen ordinarily smart investors relax those principals locking in to what they think is a stable return only to find out the "no way that scenario could happen" actually happen.

Lenders have been getting more relaxed with who they lend to and requirements needed.

And let's not forget that the owner-financing borrower is almost always unable to obtain conventional financing, so in order to make them a loan, you (by definition) are having to relax underwriting standards relative to generally recognized guidelines.

Anything you can do to make life easier on a tenant (without relaxing your qualification criteria), the more likely it is that you find a good tenant who will stay longer and take care of the property for you.

Time to flex my marketing muscles and find someone who wants to pick this property up.Thanks again for the help everyone!

As promised there was no selling, it was a relaxed atmosphere, and there was definitely a lot of knowledge in the room.I'm not at the point in my career where I'm actively looking for deals but I know for the future that if I am, this is the place to be.

There is also a peace of mind factor, I want the place I live to be as relaxing as possible, not someplace where my immediate neighbors feel they need to dodge or confront me because they are late on rent.   

My wife and I know we can get a room for less off of Disney property, but it is much more convenient and relaxing to stay at one of their resorts. 

So perhaps if the press starts crowing about how the recession is over, people will relax and money will start to circulate again.