This usually stems from a personal perspective on the tenant and the way this relationship "feels" like it would play out.

I believe the origin of this rule was stemmed from mobile home investing. 

I was in a relationship that went south recently, and on top of that work dried up.

I think it stems from my distaste for people with what Robert Kiyosaki calls "poor financial IQ."

As the temperature drops it takes longer and longer for it to dry & it makes more of a mess.

This property will not conform to most of the rules out there in BP, however I feel it works for me and my situation out here in Sacramento.I have had both the Wood destroying pest inspection (came back clean aside from a few dry rot locations which I already knew about), and a home inspection (also came back clean aside from some of the know issues before the inspection).I am hoping some of the other Sacramento Investors / Landlords @Al Williamson , @David Hutson , @Dennis Lanni  can give me some insight into the forms that you use for tenant screening, leases, and general info on what you do to get a rental up and running in our Sacramento Market.  

The problem stemmed from lax moderation on my part, and for that, I apologize.We simply gave people too many chances, instead of upholding the rules established to keep our forum from getting out of control.Well, we're taking the forum back!

It just means a few hours in a mask and closing down the site during dry time.

He showed me through a camera inside the heat exchanger what looked to me like cracked dry clay.

The unknowns I have had to learn the hard way are everything you can not see using one point in time (pre buy inspection); i.e. subfloor wood rot in your crawlspace that no one caught (even though 4 people were down there at different times), permits (have people pulled them in the past for big things that were done on the property), septic drain lines (septic tank was amazing, but the drain lines were faulty had to get a permit and get the city to do an inspection and called for a 7,500 repair and partial mound system to be installed....when the original inspection and pump was aok because it was a dry time of year)...., speaking of time of year, a HVAC unit that was inspected in the winter and the differential was AOK, was inspected for a closing in the summer and had to be completely replaced (4k-that I wasn't supposed to have to spend), drainage issues on the property and water intrusion......no body really inspects for drainage issues prior to closing, especially when it's a dryer time of year, then BOOM the rain hits and water is coming in over the foundation because water is not being routed correctly around the house.