The big saver on the our private financing is that it all has come through social networking and business relationships.

It is from a Canadian author based on their Canadian RE investment experience, however, 99% of the info works on the U.S. side of the border as well.

If it gives them emotional support it would be easy to get a counselor or social worker to say they need the animal to feel secure.

people laugh and catch up with old friends they havent seen in a while and tell stories and talk....if a grandmother passes away and she was 95 the event is more social.

I am not sure about US tax laws but from what I hear they are very similar to Canadian tax laws and in Canada you can do it.

I think the normal 10% vacancy is high, so I don't think I would given them much of a discount, but even if the vacancy rate is 5% per year, That is $900 twice that I would save by having the longer lease.Another idea I had was to base the annual increase off of the Social Security COLA, which has the risk of being politically manipulated in either direction.Am I better to just avoid the three year lease entirely, or keep the rent the same over the three year term, based on the savings from not having the vacancy?

You can try for a bank levy but if the funds are protected like social security etc. then you will not succeed with a levy.

Combine it with networking, social media and friends/family contacts.

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Although the discussion is mostly on US markets, there are some Canadians here and I hope we can have more discussion of our crazy markets.