There is the opportunity to show up at the hearing as the buyer and plead your case, but in my experience, though it may save 30 days, it almost always guarantees a more trashed house from a bitter homeowner.

Some of the factors that make it desirable for Investors is affordability, great return on investment, positive cash flow potential and an economical growth rate that rivals other larger metropolitan cities.

All I know is that there was one other bitter against myself and my partner.

But in the end, I am aware of some "turn-key" investments is suspicious, which make me bitter-taste. 

This after our last tenant being an enormous headache, always complaining, seriously trashed the place, and then complained bitterly for months when she didn't get the deposit back.

This will only cause bitterness.

Spending the majority of the last decade dealing with rent control in Berkeley and Oakland as a manger has left me bitter and unmotivated to invest here.  

My husband, however, did not have the same childhood education in real estate, and it still a bit bitter about our 2007 mistake.

This is a blessing to have family but with a project like that, if you do have them, they will become very bitter very quickly because they may not share your same passion for real estate.

From a landlords perspective that can be your cash flow disappearing literally into thin air...it's common for rentals to include heat/HW for many reasons, some being tenants like it (maybe more important in high vacancy areas), let's you as the landlord sleep better on those bitter cold January nights, or with one heating system you may have little choice in the matter.