- Does anyone here have experience with declining a Section 8 voucher from a tenant who was already residing on the property? If so, what was the outcome?- Any recommendations for an attorney who has dealt specificall...

Just because I've been doing this a long time doesn't mean I don't fight the same "violent confrontations" as everyone else in the business, new or not, nor does it mean that I've learned everything I need to know. 

I see a lot of violent crimes (shootings) mostly on the west side so I am debating on that market.

The townhome is in a BAD neighborhood: violent crime including armed robberies, theft, and constant drug busts. 2.

In Oregon it is legal and I am not worried about the feds but I would not be able to even inspect my property because the strong smell of weed makes me violently sick.

I don't feel that my criteria are outrageous - 650 fico, 2.5x to 3x income to rent (im in SoCal), no violent criminal history, verified rental history w/no major neg feedback from previous landlord.If any of you out there have some good tips regarding filtering applicants before they waste too much time, please share them - (how much qualification info do you put in your ads, do you reiterate this criteria in all of your communications to them, do you do pre-screening applications prior to seeing the units, etc etc etc).

It's a great strategy if rents increase and appraisals are positive, but if the market turns on you it can quickly multiply your losses.During the trough of the financial crisis, home prices fell so violently in certain locations that odds are the prices would revert to their historical mean which made it an absolute great time to be bullish on BRRRR.

Remember both the Chinese and Europeans have experienced the devastation of World War and violent Revolution just 1 lifetime ago.

No violent crime, but a decent working class area.

You can look at seriousness of the crime being violent versus non-violent offenses.