Books: Multi-family millons - David LindahlEmerging Real Estate Markets - David LindahlABC's of Real Estate Investing - Ken McElroyAdvanced ABC's of Real Estate Investing - Ken McElroy

At the end of the day, the tenant ended up agreeing and making the payment.Besides the fact that I was able to avoid a lot of headache in assisting the lease break, or conflict in arguing why I won't let them out of their lease, the rules book did all the talking for me.

A market that is this murky discourages unmotivated sellers, so you can argue that the majority of sellers are still motivated.It will be interesting to see how long it takes for the improvement in the Cromford Market Index to be felt by existing sellers.

I'm finishing up reading The ABC's of real estate investing (great book) by Ken McElroy.  

I am going to argue that it may be worth it.

I'm reading a book by Ken Mcelroy  called The Abc's of real estate investing and one of the action steps in the book is to try to get on a mailing list to get real property pro formas to practice the technique he teaches.

And again, they are trying to argue with me how great a deal they got.

There will always be non-price issues for a seller.Don't ever argue, agree with their point of view and your comments should allow them to see that they are not being reasonable or in reality of the market, your comments should be directed at the market, not your personal concerns.

If a legitimate tenant, who is paid up with security deposit in tact, moves out according to the rules of the lease AND we need to have cleaning done - we will hire an outside firm so it can not be argued in the future that we overcharged or some such thing.Any better ideas?

You can argue about the label but it gives people common ground to discuss a concept.