The person may not be what he claims to be.Example, in one case, I had a Nigerian national, who bought an bank account statement showing a few thousand  dollars in assets.

I would have taken the listing off the market had this news broken  a few days before we approved the tenants, seems to be  higher caliber tenants this time but I don't want to deal with risk again.

I generally don't watch the news, generally don't put any stock in what they say, and was drawn to a story about rent prices dropping in Boston with a lot of the universities going to e-learning for the fall. 

Be warned, La Quinta continues to increase regulation, and I would not be surprised if they stopped issuing new licenses at some time in the not to distant future.Here's some breaking news from yesterday:https://www.laquintaca.gov/connect/short-term-vacation-rentals

There are also other cities out there that are great for investing, I like Columbus though. https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2018/01/31/columbus-now-has-more-renters-than-homeowners-new.html

The good news with being a college student is you should be able to easily rent out your rooms to other students.

Oh oh ok the news!

Yes the “Happy Talk” makes you wonder especially if you watch the news where the new “sellers” know what sells in these times which is fear and stress!

@Robert White Great news.

Example: I’ve seen widely publicized “studies” suggesting X breed is more dangerous where the methodology was literally watching evening news and recording reported incidents...