House prices are taking advantage of the lack of demand and the rise is feeding the hope that appreciation will continue and prompting buying, its 2008 all over again.Maybe building a house would leader to a fairer price?

Ibn,Thanks for your reply, and prompting me to clarify.

Tenant wrote to the management company / us, "I was advised by Heather Olson that I would receive my deposit money back promptly as soon as I moved out but have yet to receive it.

And some of the lessons that my wife and I learned here, prompted my wife to say "No, I do not want to do that.

That way you can make prompt sales calls instead of talking around for buyers you can trust. 

This issue can be avoided completely by transferring the property into a land trust.While a transfer to an LLC will cause alarms at the bank and prompt them to send you a letter, a transfer to a trust will not.

He has been prompt in his responses and patient thus far.  

I promptly bought a much nicer fix and flip that the work is going very slowly on due to it being about 35 miles away. 

Oh gosh please don’t   If I was ever wanting to sell if I got a text message from a buyer without prompting it would be a automatic black listed person or company.Some things aren’t worth it.   

Always look to maximize rents (within reason), always promptly take care of repairs and maintenance, and always keep money in separate accounts and do your best to handle your money as though it were in a corporation (even if it is not).