In my case the tenants have allowed their dog to ruin my wood floors by urinating and vomiting on it for an extended period of time without making any effort to repair or stop the damage.

The Cities on this list, released by RealtyTrac, are in States where the average short sale closes within 1 year from the time that a bank launches foreclosure proceedings.

Short barrel rifle: A rifle whose barrel length is less than 16" and/or whose overall length (stock extended to its fullest position) is less than 26".

>> A federal jury Friday awarded more than $100 million to 10 workers who claimed they were injured in 2007 when a toxic substance was released at BP <<I bet I know which posters released that 'toxic substance' !!!.....

I'm in Kalamazoo but most of my extended family is in and around GR.

Everything above is just an extended rant of seeing people post the exact same opinion to every poster without bothering to read or learn anything.

We may never sell and just collect cash flow.Remember, equity is money locked up, trapped, until it is released thru refi or sale.   

It was with a sigh of relief that I granted the request of the tenants to be released from their lease when their jobs transferred to the far side of the metro area.Two important lessons we gleaned from this mini-debacle are 1) nothing is more important than leasing to good quality tenants, and 2) having a property that shows well and is in a fact an up-to-date place that’s nice to rent is critical to attracting and retaining good tenants.As this was happening we were also learning the ins and outs of the local eviction process as we evicted tenants from two units who were non-payers.

Or maybe they're over extended and don't have the capital to spend.

But your kind of cash makes for a very nice down payment to get some extended amortization terms.