These seasoning requirements may be  a little on the harsh side but is what they said GSE loans require. 

Don't mean to sound harsh but based on the few facts you've described, as a fellow senior I would advise her not to get an expensive reverse mortgage, and I'd want a whole bunch more detail on the "doing renovations" part. 

While it might seem harsh to raise rents every year to some, it's important to see this as business and not a charity. 

Three rounds of chemical, dry blot each time and it was gone.

Holding the old tenant responsible for you renting the home at 150 a month less seems a bit harsh when we all know you wouldn't give him the overage if you rented it for more.  

Seasoned flippers often lose money so I never understood how novices think they can jump in and have a risk free profitable first project -- sorry for being harsh but why bother saying anything if it is not the truth :-) -STR in Bethlehem is not allowed.

I did find that this harsh lifestyle cut back was very hard and ended being unsustainable, so I now am living on 50% of my monthly income and saving the rest. 

I don’t mean this to sound harsh but land lords have been getting a bad wrap lately and it’s things like this that add fuel to the fire.

People continue to flock to these areas to escape harsh winters, to have more outdoor opportunities, etc.

Part of it is the harsh reality of life.I took about 6 months off recently.