Bear in mind that it isn't that easy anymore given the price rises over the last few years.

Well I hit Cades Cove this morning at 7:30am to try and photograph some bears.

Lots of newbies that have come onto the scene in the last 3-4 years during an extreme bull market, who have never lived through a bear market.

I've told this story a dozen times here on BP, but it bears repeating.A few years ago, I went to a very well known three-day guru seminar.

Renting short term or long term will have some bearing on it but this isn't too far fetched to find a lender for this sort of thing.A small, local lender will be your HIGHEST probability of success when trying to find investor friendly lenders on investment properties.

I had a homeless family destroy my kitchen and it was an absolute bear to get the Department of Homeless Services to help.

@Walter Wintermute while this is by no means advice, I would think that if you have an interest bearing debt and an interest earning account with the debt interest higher than the earning interest, you would likely be better off paying off the debt.

The quality of the carpet was very low they looked very shabby and flat in short order and the adhesive was a bear to get off when we tried to replace them.

This would be are first time going through this process and we know how important it is to find great property managers?

I would ask what all goes into their placement fee because they may do the bear minimum and the marketing for the property isn't that great of that $100 is true.