We came in at a weak position on that one and they live there today.

We are the weak link.

That works out to about a 15% vacancy rate—which takes the median monthly rent from an already weak $1540 to about $1310 expected revenue per home per month.

LOTS Of fake lenders work BP  face book linkdin etc.if you cant find anything on them I suspect you may have run into a fake.the telling clue will be1. rates too good to really be true or lower than industry norm2. too quick to approve you..3. they want a modest deposit up front and give some BS reason why the want it.4. no website ( although many fraudsters have generic websites website alone does not mean anything.5. check on licensing.. there are only about 12 states that require licesnes. not sure about our state thoughBut I would say 95% if you cant find anything on them.. and any of the things I said above are what they are telling you,, cheap rates small up front deposit.. probably not real and you will just lose your 500.00 bucks or whateverOh the other great one is you have to buy an insurance policy because your new or a little weak on the financial side.. there are NO insurance policies for private loans if you fail to pay.. that's just another fraudulent payment to a non exisitant entity.real estate lending has become the new Nigerian prince scam..

Many landlords think putting up with bad tenants is preferred to the inconvenience and cost of a turn over but this is usually a issue of a landlord simply not taking care of business and using the cost of turn over as a weak  excuse to avoid work. 

But it might be hard to gage where you feel comfortable living until you are here.House hacking in Deanwood or Anacostia might be hard as renting rooms in those areas will have weak demand.

I just locked up a house, but the owner told me the contract is weak and he laughed at it.

I believe that we all have strengths and weaknesses, play to both and build a system with solid goals, financial advice and a workable system and stick to it.

GA has a weak homestead exemption and we have a lot of equity in home, no mortgage ie: no due on sale clause.

They are going to push you to every limit to find your weaknesses.