I wrote a simple script to count the number of rentals in a city and the number of reviews each rental has .Also i extracted the average rate per night, but it was not very useful as the types of rentals vary so much..

Work with them but try to extract a concession if they are going to BLACKMAIL you.  

If you follow the "collateral" theory of lending, as I do, I make it a point to understand the asset, the liquidation value and the barriers and obstacles to collecting and maximizing yield.If you follow the "emotional equity" theory, as my buddy and author Gordon Moss does in his book, 'Performance Anxiety' then you put much faith in the ability to extract cash flow and yield from the borrower's familiar attachment to the home used as security.Yesterday I attended a conference of court-appointed receivers, who are people empowered to do such things as intercede with collecting rents, cash flows and till taps.

While the drop in crude oil prices have no doubt impacted the O&G industry, the impact was primarily on the "upstream" side the business, meaning crude oil exploration, extraction/production.

The other moral is: if you ever chunk bricks onto my fiancé’s rehab, she will follow you into hell to extract revenge.

I learned that my personality did not work very well trying to extract money from the problem tenants.

We've explored donating copper and other potentially valuable parts of houses to those who'll take it, but they won't perform the removal and the cost to extract these things and have them "curbside" didn't pan out.

@Elliot - Cash strapped Towns/Cities are looking for revenue wherever they can and building/dump permits are an easy area to extract extra revenue from.

So, one could use a 1031 exchange to sell one's property, defer the taxes from that sale, buy a new property, and restart the clock.http://www.finweb.com/taxes/real-estate-depreciation-and-tax-sheltering.htmlhttp://www.invest-2win.com/depreciation.htmlSecond, one might want to sell a smaller property to extract the capital to acquire a larger property.Third, the owner intends to move out of the area, and doesn't want to be a remote landlord.Fourth, divorce . . . need I say more?

If the property appraises at $400K even 80% LTV would not allow any money extracted (Your current loan is at 81% LTV state if RE is valued at $400K).So you need an LTV above 80% for any extract of money.