This is common for the lender to request this, even if timely payments don't show up on a credit report.I would never deploy investment capital in a state where "collections and evictions (are) obsolete".

My company has 7 Wells Fargo Business Deposit Cards in use now (one tenant left 1/3/2014) and 2 more that I am going to deploy to tenants this week.

It was my baby.Being in the military, however, I was constantly being deployed overseas for six months out of the year.

The Tenant shall keep the Premises free of all claims for labor performed on and material delivered to the Premises.PETSThe Tenant (including any guests or invitees of the Tenant) is allowed to keep the following as pets:*****No other animals are allowed on the premise without the Landlords WRITTENpermission****.Entry By Landlord: If at any point during the tenancy the landlord is denied access with proper notice provided to the tenant, the tenant will be accessed a $100 fine per occurrence at the time or discovery or landlords discretion for violating the lease.LEASE TERMINATION PROVISION FOR MILITARY PERSONNEL: Subject to applicable state law, if the Tenant joins the military during the Lease term and is called to active duty for a period of 180 days or more, the Tenant may terminate this Lease by providing written notice and a copy of the military orders to the Landlord.If, during the term of this Lease, Tenant or Landlord is a member of the U.S. armed forces and receives permanent change-of-station orders (more than 35 miles away from current duty station) or is deployed for 90 days or more, the Tenant or Landlord may terminate the Lease by providing written notice and a copy of the military orders to the applicable party.

The few texts I have gotten middle of the night/wknd scary type involving frozen pipes and a dislodged p-trap under the sink were followed up by "already fixed it" and these two families in the duplex being best friends have been helping each other out while spouses deploy, etc and aren't afraid to turn a wrench when needed.  

I don't mind paying him 6% because I am able to deploy it for much higher returns.

.* More effective deployment of your 10 conventional loans, assuming you can qualify for conventional financing.* Lots of renters among folks that were formally home owners in these better neighborhoods, but have experienced a short sale or foreclosure.The other things have been touched on:* Lower vacancies, eviction costs, turnover costs, tenant damage,re-leasing fees.* Greater percentage of O/O homes in these areas, so you'll also have a strong possibility of having an exit strategy to a retail buyer, should you want to exercise it at some point.* Fixed costs are a smaller percentage of the gross rent.

I've been deployed/redeployed from Afghanistan 4 times in the past 3 years.

If AB284 gets relaxed and banks start flooding the market again, that's when it'll be the right time to deploy investment money, pick up all the property you can or make loans because property values will dip again once the banks can dump their crippled assets.

I apologize if this has already been covered (deployed right now and internet is slow, so I havent been able to open all the pages) but it seems to me that using an SD IRA is best suited for investing strategies that produce short term gains, i.e. flipping etc.