But they can also google I went to a prestigious university and my income (job offer letter) was at least 5x the rent.

Treat your real estate like a business and your friend will receive their security deposit back when they leave your property sparkling clean as you expect them to.lets take it a step further let him live there rent free..

That's why it pays to have the unit sparkling clean in every possible  way.

If your firm is as prestigious as you claim no attorney there is working for under $100 per hour and I doubt many are less than $200 per hour.this is an interesting forum and a great one to find clients for your business. 

I don't need to live in a prestigious neighborhood in a "hot market" and go to trendy clubs just to make it rain $1,000 bottles of champagne.Who am I trying to impress, after all? 

Not saying degrees are everything but there is a value to a prestigious degree. 

Silver just sits there and looks pretty sparkling in the sun, sort of like a lazy supermodel, and I don't invest in those.

You don't come to them until AFTER you have the asset, which is fully renovated and sparkling, and you get the place appraised.

Originally posted by Account Closed:Yet another fun thread that fuses RE to lifeI had a friend who would say "if you want it bad enough, you must need it"The Hawaiians say "if you need more, want less"Yet another friend who would say "sometimes there is a long amount of time in between the things we really want"I say "all we really have is in the moment" The Jedi say "your focus determines your reality". . .I say decide what makes you happy on a daily basis and go for it. 99.99% of the people here have decided that means more money and financial freedom.A dropout from the prestigious London School of Economics (Michael Philip Jagger) has said on many occasions over the years: "You can't always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you just might find you get what you need."

haseems like sfh demand & prices should be going down.internationally, i think the US used to be much more prestigious aka more people wanted to live here.