They always insist it's a sellers market, regardless of what the facts are.

I had a tenant vacate the other day and while doing the walk through they stated "oh yeah, we change the filter every 30 days"...so I opened up the return and this what the filter looked like:What amazed me was after I showed them the filter they still insisted they changed it every month....unbelievable....

I try my best to keep my property looking nice, inside & out & insist that tenants do the same.

You will never get a wholesale deal from someone currently in bankruptcy because the BK Trustee will insist that any sale be at a minimum of 90% of a BPO. 

She insisted on one thing: my email address.I asked her or him that I wouldn't be able to share any private information necessary for loan application processing if he or she didn't tell what company he or she worked for.

She insisted on one thing: my email address.I asked her or him that I wouldn't be able to share any private information necessary for loan application processing if he or she didn't tell what company he or she worked for.

This has to be a conscious decision, and generally I advise against it, but some owners insist...Trying to run a rooming house, OTOH, is a giant pain... you have personality conflicts to deal with on top of "normal" rental issues.

Then the landlords insisted we hook up the trailer to the water softener and I'd have to pay for all the softner salt.

He is blind and dependent on his daughter and nephew to help with the money order and mailing, so I've overlooked him being a day or two late when he couldn't get to the post office or he lost my address somewhere on his computer.He insists he mailed the Nov rent on 11/1 but has no receipt for the money order.

If they insist on this 20% cap, find a different lender because it is NOT  an FHA rule.