Again, there is a difference between having a guest spend the night (it shouldn't matter if it is an out of town friend, girlfriend, or relative).Really, if you are having these problems it is very possible you failed to screen your tenant properly (yes, I know Fair Housing laws sometimes make it difficult).

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If that is the case a better screening process might be needed, rather than a reverse psychology rental ploy :).

The 2% is just a screening tool and I always also consider the cash flow and equity.

50% is a perfect screen test and is easy to do in your head.

This thing has my blood boiling!!

It had a 8 ft pool of blood under the carpet that was still coagulated.I sold the house a couple weeks later.

There's already a link on this board on these Abbreviations.Look on the left side of your screen and click on Real Estate Abbreviations.

He expects to do a lot better on the overall deal but uses that as a screen for year 1.

Here's a partial list of frustrations.When the computer arrived it had narcolepsy and I don't mean the screen going black every 10 minutes, I mean the screen went black and the computer turned off every 2 minutes. 3 hours on the helpline and reloading the operating system fixed that.