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Ryan Johnson Rentals why no cats?
11 February 2011 | 28 replies
Had about 54 cats that animal rescue pulled out of it.They got into the crawl space vent guard that was broken.The owner was a woman who loved pets but had mental health issues.Luckily the house only had a tiny mortgage on it relative to it's value.Cat urine was everywhere.We were able to eliminate it everywhere accept one room where she closed the door and 25 cats were in there.To get rid of that smell you had to tear the sheetrock down and replace the subfloors and Kilz everything.I sold it and collected my check to a cash investor.The lady kept 3 cats that were deemed healthy and moved into a big apartment complex facility that was a loft style with concrete floors.It was an old factory conversion into a 300 unit apartment complex.Had another property I did a Interior BPO on in pre-list for an REO.Owners had left dogs inside living there for 4 weeks with food to survive on.There were literally thousands of terds on every level of the 3 story house along with urine and clothes left behind.This was a few years old house in an upscale neighborhood of 500,000 to 600,000 homes.The neighbors came by and couldn't believe what they were seeing.So I will again say it's not about the pets but the owners who take care of them.On credit in my area most tenants have bad credit.If they have great credit they are buying a house for dirt cheap.The only reason they wouldn't is if they are staying for a short time or in transition.Why pay some landlord who could get foreclosed on 800 a month in rent for a 3 bed 2 bath when you can buy one for cheap.In my area you could get a mortgage and pay 500 a month for that same house.Many times people with good credit are ticking time bombs.They actually are not a great candidate but have just kept acquiring more debt to pay what they have until reaching critical mass.These types carrying a bunch of debt have bankruptcy in there future.When you rent to tenant out of a chapter 7 many have a fresh start and have income to pay the rent.So every renter is a case by case basis even though there are common traits involved.
Shawn H. Structural Insulated Panels for SFH or MFH developments
31 December 2013 | 2 replies
That said, I would be hesitant to use this product on any type of scattered set lot plan or in communities of other stick built as I would tend to think you would see a market discount based on the mental barrier of the public that I mentioned above.
Steve Brown Dodd Frank re: lease option monthy credits
13 January 2014 | 5 replies
This short rant simply came from my though of a mentality of folks agreeing and accepting what they want to hear and often rejecting what they see as an obstacle to their goal.
Brian Gibbons Using a CYA Sellers' Acknowledgement
8 June 2014 | 3 replies
NO PRECLUDING AILMENTS: I have no physical, mental or emotional ailments that preclude me from signing The Agreement. ________ 19.
Trevor Jackson Pre-Foreclosure Q's
22 June 2015 | 11 replies
I prefer sending post cards to people in pre-foreclosure because a lot of them are mentally in denial.
Davido Davido Seeking to use abandoned Tax Delinquent properties for privacy & tax avoidance
30 January 2017 | 41 replies
It is only with the greatest of trepidation that I can conceive ever pleading my perceived right to an abandoned property in a court of law.Judges are simply people with a mentality very much like those who post here on BP. 
Kyle Bigger Seasoned investor wanting to walk away from it all
27 December 2015 | 78 replies
And so on.So although I couldn't make payments on the house, I was mentally and financially unable to deal with the situation.  
Matt N. Purchasing Property Where Seller Does Not Disclose Evictions***
27 December 2015 | 4 replies
Will the legal expenses, mental energy and stress be worth what the buyer could reasonable gain?
Austin Hughes Going Through a Rough Patch
12 March 2016 | 64 replies
Mental state is the toughest thing to achieve that no matter what life throws at you that you will persevere through it.My father was killed in a car accident when I was 16 years old and I lost my best friends father to cancer that year along with my grandmother ( my mom's mother).  
Derik S. Passive Investing or Active Investing: What makes more profit?
8 February 2016 | 27 replies
Eventually, everyone gets old, and you no longer for physical or mental issues are no longer able to do your job, thus active investing does have a finite limit on it.