There is no better accounting software.If you do not need to know your principal reduction every month, you can just do one journal entry at the end of the year to reconcile the mortgage account.

They would either need to bring cash for the difference at closing, or convince the bank for the need to conduct a shortsale.An owner has to qualify for a shortsale, proving some sort of hardship (loss of income, reduction in income, job move, medical expenses, divorce, military move, natural disaster) and that they already tried and failed to refinance.

My preference is based upon Multi-Families due to reduction in vacancy.

I just wanted to bump this whole discussion to the top again because I'm seeing this frequently in my clients this year.The new Section 199A deduction (20% reduction in Business income) is here and with it this cool new tidbit.Your rental (yes yours!!!)

This 10 day reduction will reduce the amount of times eviction hearings move into the next month.  

I think the general rule of thumb is that if you can't recover your closing costs from the difference in payment reduction within 3 years, you shouldn't refi.

You can file a action with Fair Housing maybe.. but good luck.Companies can and do change policy packets and fine print may say they don't even need to appraise you of change. so if your lease had any mention of policy packet or tenant rules... tenant guidelines,,, it could be in there..I never encouraged my co workers which were  maintenance techs to live on site,, because of this.. they always thought the rent reduction was great, but lurking was the vacate within 2 weeks if they got fired or found different spot to work.. 

Originally posted by @Tom Lane:BORAX - (look in the laundry soap aisle)sprinkle it where the ants are walking, they'll carry it back to the nest/colony. it works as a 'drying agent' so they ALL just wither up and die...I have used this before with different pests and have had success.I also started spraying the perimeter of my properties this year every few months and had a drastic reduction in the number of pest related phone calls I received.

I would not grant any rent reductions for the switch over, and they would be paying for both apartments for the time it takes them to move into the new one- it should only take a day but maybe they want a longer overlap than that?  

I'm thinking of a one time one week rental reduction for the inconveniences.