I suspect this has at least as much to do with the landlord as it does the tenant.

I suspect not.Question 2, do you want to be?  

Also, I suspect baby boomers are increasingly staying put and not moving anywhere, esp in the Bay Area and other warm parts of the country.

This was his response:We have a market seller here but if I had to guess, I suspect this trades between an 8.5 & 9% cap rateCan someone explain, in plain English, what this means?

Even as a diligent agent, I will check title myself on a listing, but don't do the city lien search for unrecorded liens, unless the property condition would lead me to suspect they exist (overgrown/boarded up windows, etc), but I would have absolutely no to requirement to do so.

If I tried to charge the application fee before showing the property I suspect I would get no one to come see the property.  

There was even someone who hadn't yet heard of BP but I suspect she'll be heading this way!

That is what I suspected about it being a formality.

This confirms what I've suspected.

I'm interested in getting started as a mortgage lender as I suspect there may be an opportunity to build a small/medium business in serving small time investors.