It was like pulling teeth to get them to do this study.www.chinesedrywall.com is a legitimate site run by one of the attorneys.Legal website:http://www.laed.uscourts.gov/drywall/drywall.htmYou can see what the people who have lived the toxic Chinese Drywall disaster say on an open FB group, https://www.facebook.com/DefectiveDrywall/We have another closed FB group called Victims of Chinese Drywall.Hope this helps.  

it's called slander and saying too much can come back to bite you with rapacious teeth :sigh:

If you have little in the bank to pay for a vacant unit,accept their offer with strict terms to be followed.First,if they want you to hold the unit for them till March 20th,they need to pay the mortgage payment (P.I.T.I.) at the bare minimum because banks aren't interested in their timeline whatsoever and neither are you,quite frankly.If they balk at that reality,tell them to hit the bricks cause you have a business to run.If they want it,they pay it.When they finally move in it's full rent and deposits till they give notice and vacate.A week isn't a long time and you really need experienced help from a realtor who specializes in rentals and has an long track record of success.You could get a better tenant if you wait but if you don't have the cash to wait,take what you can get.

Currently a business owner not in the real estate industry, I am looking to broaden my horizons and sink my teeth into the wonderful world of investing!

Chris Mason's question whatsoever?

Mobiles lose value over time vs house .I am sure you could cut your teeth on a mobile home as a rental but  will not go up value.Study up on the topic see what the numbers are there are many ways to make money ,then stash the cash move up to a house !

Over 5 years, that's $550k of cumulative cash flow that we can tap in year 6 assuming no rent increase/decrease whatsoever.

mother-in-law, mother-daughter, jack-and-jill, 'Summer Kitchen' and/or maid's quarters yada yada  - as many mansions and other estates traditionally do -  if its a SFD that means per code/ordinances etc u cant rent separate tent dwelling/apartments within it - only maybe a room or so.thats why instead, large SFDs with a duplex layout (or maybe even a 'back house') to spare will 'rent out a room' to avoid grossly breaking zoning and C of O rules for a single fam dwelling. of course that means either the kitchen is inherently shared or one of the persons (ie, a college student, or a raw vegan) simply does not need access to a traditional kitchen whatsoever.

Should be about a 1 page letter and every credit check company I've ever used even generates the letter for you.Honestly, I don't see any advantage whatsoever to NOT collecting SSNs. 

However, when I do, I still document it in writing and state specifically that it was a one time exception as a courtesy and does not change the terms in lease in any manner whatsoever and that they acknowledge that fact.