As our minds raced and hearts pounded for what seemed like a lifetime, we finally heard the sirens of the four Memphis Fire Department trucks that sped to the scene in less than five minutes.Our prayers were answered as they cleared the smoke from the house and removed the extremely charred dryer in less than 15 minutes! 

Scenes From The Las Vegas Housing MeltdownPosted by John Carney, May 06, 2008, 7:49amDespite what your crazy uncle or Warren Buffett says about housing prices, the residential real estate market in many areas of the US is still in a lot of trouble.

Yeah, I agree with Brandon Turner... a blog about your process would be of interest to other investors but I don't think sellers want/need to hear about all the behind the scenes stuff.... its like when you go to a restaurant, do you want to see 20 people sweating and going nuts getting food ready, nah you just want a nice experience and a good atmosphere. lol.

Our business is designed to collect money on the first of every month and usually when landlords get greedy at the sight of a wad of cash their brains and common scenes go out the window.At the end of the year I make my full income without ever having to reduce my rent.

This same scene is playing out in Brooklyn right now.

I actually recently went through one of these nightmarish experiences where the Lender treated me as if I were a criminal or something when all I was trying to do was get an honest mortgage.

Builder's and handymen are not going to be very credible in court because their we are the equivalent of a tow truck driver at an accident scene.

Most go out of business.Hope that helps,Sam ShuehSam this is a great point.. when folks ask why a rental is lost to foreclosure there is a lot of behind the scenes stuff and one of them is the business owner who finds themselves in trouble and now has to rip his rents and not pay his mortgage this was very prevalent in those days.. and it happens even today.. just too tempting when you have a bad stretch.. so then you have a foreclosure gets posted on the door and most of the time the tenant leaves  and there you go a vacant home

And be clear to the tenants you are not as immediate a response as the police and don't know the law as well as they hopefully do.Just handling behind the scenes puts you and the residents in a bad situation.

🙏 my sale was exactly like the opening scene in the Thomas Crown affair.. when the buyers are celebrating that Thomas Crown sold a property only to have him say well celebrate all you want you over paid by 30 million..