The next tenant in that house will get a monthly "meet and greet" until I feel secure that they aren't abusing the house.

Here in Florida they actually have the persons social security number.go to intellius.com it is scary what you can find5.

I live in Hawaii and have been in business for many years, from Security, Import/Export, Financial Sector, Private Investments and many others.

The money that is loaned out will be secured by the home so as a potential buyer of a home you can think of it like you would a traditional mortgage.

A brand new mobile home often has a secured loan or mortgage.

Financed 1st deal by aquiring 100% financing by simply credit ( in definition, financing secured by shear credit is a debenture), bought property from builder at a discount of %10 by offering him a quick close (meaning no wait-time and no-marketing expense) and frequent business relationship, contract was struck before property was finished, found several buyers before property was finished and I closed.

I wish there was, but all these questions Josh and others have posted are a good start in weeding out the obvious dead weight.

They moved in August 1st in which they paid August rent of $1600 as well as a security deposit of also $1600.Sept comes around and no payment...after leaving it the hands of my property manager, she finally concluded in the 1st week of October that the tennants are deciding to get up and move.

Also, I would like to point out that HML ask for cash available, equity in other properties (or your own home) or collateral to secure the loan.

Spread" is the concept where you try to earn a Return On Investment (ROI) that is higher than your Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC).