As you've already discovered, dealing with their cosigner can also create a lot of extra work and come with problems, particularly if you have a helicopter parent or two.Home care for four residents?

The secret is learning how to be not only satisfied but pleasured by the journey and the effort.

The fact that you discovered concerning information about the male tenant's past after signing the lease complicates matters.

My score is about the same as yours, and I applied for Discover 6 months ago and got a $10k limit, then AMEX 3 months ago and got $15k.

Getting in early (like before February 15th for personals  and in January for business returns) seems to be the secret the best I can tell.You get an automatic 4 month extension - but if you did not pay all the taxes owed (within 10% of what you owed by the filing deadline) you  will incur a penalty for that… and if they aren’t filed by the extension date that would be another one as well. 

Oh I just discovered another thread that asked the same question.

Saw Michael's post just now where he discovered a guest had taken a small heater- which is really a bummer.

However, it might be difficult to discover houses with solid cash flow in high-appreciation areas.

After consulting my realtor I discovered the ARV would only be about $60,000 and that it was going to take about 10 years to get my money back and likely 10 years to get the value of the property up consistent with what I had put into it.

Owner financing is like a secret weapon for folks looking to sell their properties after hanging onto them for ages.