It seems harsh and does cost some money, but if people are allowed to forget about it with no consequences, everybody ends up paying.

I know its harsh...

Improperly retaining deposits is dealt with harshly in many locales, often with double or triple damages.Jon

Besides, it's their investment, not yours.Sounds harsh, but I'm the kind of jerk you will have to deal with in your new biz.

I am not being harsh just giving you the reality.SOMETIMES if you get an asset manager at the right time and hit it off they will be in a giving mood and share inside information into how that bank thinks and works.

Again, I know someone who used to teach RDPD training and I know plenty of details about the quality of training and the tactics used to extract $$$ from inexperience and naive investors -- if maintaining an overly harsh tone will save even one wannabe investor from throwing away hundreds/thousands/tens-of-thousands of dollars, I'm happy to maintain that tone.

I got smacked around in another thread for being to harsh or critical or whatever... so I think I'll do the same here.Basically you aren't worth most agents' time.

The tenants still faced their own harsh realities and took it out on the properties.

However some of the online reviews say that the dryer is too harsh on delicate knits.

Hud is extremely harsh on activity it can find operating outside of their established mechanisms!