My husband just wants to sign it and get our money back...but I'm still angry that they can get away with something like this without any complaints put against them.

How about a new round where everyone competes?

Am I missing something here, or in practice can you really get away with such a narrow monthly spread and still make actual cashflow?

I like Riverside County because there's a little of both, some cash flow to help pay the bills and build a modest reserve for some big ticket items, while offering the potential for some nice gains in the long run since the values out there have been disproportionally beaten down.

(It goes up to $750 in two years)Motivated Seller- He wants to just get free and get away, but needs money to do so.

It shows everything from traffic tickets up and goes back many many years.I've found just asking for their full name while doing the phone screening is an effective screening tool by itself.By the way, is this you?

Don't let them replace big ticket items without them providing you receipt.

Helped in a round about way.

After the first buyer fell through we did a second round of repairs and this was repaired with new plywood and painted.The real kicker is that other termite damage in the master bedroom did come up on their inspection report because they told us so in writing and asked us to pay for a termite treatment which we refused.Now they want to go to mediation and I don't want to waste the $500 mediation cost plus lawyer fees on what seems like a frivolous issue.What do you guys think?

Originally I was not really considering renting it long term, I was think of maybe just sitting on it, eating the ownership costs and maybe using it occasionally for getaways, or letting friends use it.The realtor I was working with told me there is high demand for rental property and I could probably do well if my ownership/mgmt costs were low.