Hi @Brandon PierpontMy recommendation is to step back and weigh this house on it's own merits for your purposes.

It's always nice to get thorough explanations from people with limited knowledge and insight.While the merits of an MBA are increasingly dubious (unless it's Harvard, Wharton, etc), your MBA can still help you on the career track.

As I said stress tests holds no merit, but rather an indicator to keep consumer confidence up.

We should all be grateful for your assistance.None of us are bound to use this letter and if anyone disagrees, they are more than welcome to be as open and transparent as you are, post their own communication to their own tenants, and allow everyone to weigh in on the merits of their post.Again, thank you very much for trying to help.Allen

I see lots of differing opinions on VA loans- some investors and realtors treat it like the black sheep of financing and those that have used it successfully can't talk enough about its merits.

You get paid monthly to deal with this.Past Decisions:  Your 'willingness' to allow the dogs in the first place have no merit. 

I think mini storage still has issues with over capacity, people need to be moving, not just losing jobs and staying put eviction free. analyze the deal on it's own merits, not some macro economic thesis. 

But if there's merit to having gas water heaters outside in a custom-built insulated enclosure then maybe there is a case to biting the bullet. 

I keep getting drawn back into this thread because post after post is subtly drawing a line between landlords and renters, between the rich and the poor, that is based solely on personal merits and it is not grounded in reality.

Since I can’t keep up with the macro-economics, and everyone’s Chrystal ball seems to be equally cloudy, I’m just focusing on analyzing deals based on their individual merits, and making offers on anything that fits my buying criteria.