Greg:I would agree that you have a larger tenant population upon which to draw in an urban setting which may permit you to be more selective.However, a distinction of rural vs urban is not a sufficient - I would also content it is not a necessary condition - to draw the conclusion of a lower social conscience or that the ratio of good to poor tenants is lower.The relative health of the local economy plays a bigger role in the quality of the tenant pool.  

Each type of transaction you engage in usually needs a distinct and unique type of contract to adequately protect your rights and obligations.

BP keeps the flips and buy and hold/landlord forums fairly distinct, for example. 

I think it's worth making the distinction because I can eliminate a property that won't fit my buying criteria a lot faster with the former than with the latter, but Michael Blank's is a lot more holistic and includes nice stuff like different classes of equity and their respective returns, etc

I distinctly remember hedgefunds helping out in the last meltdowns...

USAA is a financial services company and I've been a member for 19 years, they have excellent customer service and their insurance products are superb, however, they won't give you any distinct advantage when it comes to mortgages.

Yeah, I remember when I was looking there for a property for my family, this was 2012, maybe it is different now ... anyhow, I remember distinctly it was an old historic home ... ironically it just sold again (zillow 324 W 10th st) ... the property was beat up but beautiful, which pretty much matched the description of most of the block.

Why should there be a distinction?

I know they are both distinct in a way but that's just how it goes sometimes.

Definitely love the distinction between tenant damage and wear and tear!