You're trying to deal with secured creditors earning a good interest rate.

There is no such thing as privacy.I my case I keep my identity private to avoid the prying eyes of poverty pimps that are regularly monitoring forums looking for tenant rights violations.

If they have a weakness in residence/rental history, income/employment history, financial/credit history, or legal/criminal history, but generally meet all of your significant requirements, then collect more security deposit to cover your risk.You can download an example of our Rental Criteria, as well as Tenant Screening Questions, from the BP File Place if you're interested in seeing some examples.

That means there is competition for it not from just investors but also regular homebuyers.

They both have "regular" jobs in addition to this -- she sells houses, he fixes them.

In can be put on the outside of door only if you fear for your safety Certified and regular mail

If the tenant has a significant weakness in financial/credit history, but met all of our other requirements, we would offer to rent but would require a higher security deposit.

How about a hybrid HELOC with a secured mortgage promissory note?

I've only had one eviction so far, but here's mine:Have you ever had a tenant you are evicting in court ask about their security deposit? 

I know a lot of investors on BP speak highly of USREEB, so maybe I am over thinking and these are regular issues.