You hear that statement frequently from the talking heads on TV and I think it's perpetuating a conventional wisdom that's not necessarily true and does a disservice to the average American listening.  

You will hear the air movement through the pipes, but you have a better chance of also hearing leaks because you won't have the noise of the compressor in the background.If you aren't comfortable doing this yourself, you can hire a plumber to do it for you.  

If the sister is responsible for part of the rent, even if she pays all at once at the beginning of a 12 month period than she needs to be a cosigner IN PERPETUITY!

Also, in my city alone, 2 farms-which are pillars of the urban farming movement-are being forced to close within the year.

It is a normal asphault road/ drive (single lane).My neighbor is selling their home and they are asking me and the other neighbor to sign a contract stating that all three neighbors will maintain this road in 'good' condition for perpetuity and this contract shall 'run with the land'Sounds like I would be creating/ joining a type of HomeOwners Association, and placing some sort of 'deed' restriction on my property.Why would I do this?

After viewing the property I noticed that there were quite a few items that would be identified in an inspection but are blatantly not repaired in addition to significant cracks in the brick suggesting foundation movement.  

I don't think there's much one can do to change that mindset, but allowing emotions to cloud judgement and engaging in less than professional correspondences will only perpetuate the myth of the "greedy, evil, rich landlord".

. :) I think this HUGE movement of Average US investor to buy SFR rentals is not going away and is only going to keep feeding on itself and we are simply going to have to be resigned to the fact that unless you buy in areas were the cash FLOW DOES NOT work... those are the only areas that will stay predominantly owner occ and stable long term..

@Frank S.I've never heard about drastic movements in Texas because of tectonic plates movements... there is none indeed.  

We decided we would like to start an LLC so we can have a shared business bank account for ease of money movement.