I would also say an electric unit is as or more reliable than gas, as there's fewer parts to break down on an electric unit.

Your only example of someone not legally allowed to require it is the landlord, and as I pointed out above, I won't give it to a landlord.Btw, most businesses that say they require a ss # just use it as a personal identifier (which is the most dangerous use from a consumer standpoint), and they are happy to provide another identifier if you ask them.

They signed month-to-month leases so they should know the dangers of operating a business in that manner.Raise the rents to market rates and be done with it.

Although there are a number of firms pushing the idea we always try and point out the potential danger of doing so.My main worries are four things:The structure is easy to abuse, which means that people are doing so.

Right now, many investors, myself included, are buying properties in what are considered nicer neighborhoods with higher values, higher rent rates and presumably fewer problems.

Roofing is a dangerous trade and accidents are all to common.

The place we stayed on our last visit currently has many fewer bookings.

RichI've definitely seen a continued drop in the market over the past year (about 10% off retail sale prices for the level of houses I'm selling)...but luckily the prices of the stuff I'm buying are falling at about the same rate as our selling prices (average purchase prices are down about $10K over the past year, as are average sale prices), so the profits are staying the same.The big thing negative I've noticed is that there is a lot more investor competition over the past year so we're finding fewer deals; I think a lot of new investors are jumping into the market and bidding up the "easy" projects, so those are fewer and further between.

Downtown Atlanta remains "dangerous" because no one wants to go and start turning it around.

Here in Phoenix we too are seeing many fewer foreclosures come on the market vs. last year.