I would take things you discover on CL with a grain of salt. 90% of the people on CL completely waste your time.I've had items for sale that I get dozens of hits on and they all seem to go no where after the first email.

Networking - blogs are a social medium that allow people to engage in conversation.

I think its possible that in five years lenders will look back and discount the items in your credit report from this period.

You can have all the paperwork in the world authorized by anyone you want to authorize it, but I've never seen any paperwork stop the intentions of those 3 items by a tennant if they want to play "hard ball".

I do believe my agent knows what she's doing, and after having these conversations with you I feel like I have some way to gague that now.

Corporate veils, condo conversions, and personal guarantees aren't really topics that I would worry about yet If I were you.I would focus on learning to value real assets first.

But, conversely, this may filter out bad calls from good ones?

Jon, You make some valid points but have left out a few items.

Since they're moving out early, you can usually include the cost of re-renting in the items deducted from their security deposit.

Buyers have the 3 items needed great credit, verifiable income and assets reserves.