Fannie/Freddie only require 6 months of rental income to wash that debt.  

in those high-competition areas, it's much easier and quicker to sell (my average days on market is 9 months... it's terrible) so I guess it's kind of a wash.

You can approach someone with a win win situation without having to resort to sly tactics, which will always come out in the wash sooner or later.

One hand washes the other.As always, Thank you BP community for all of the awesome information, and keeping me motivated through the long haul. 

They put a circular piece of plastic over the drain and a wash cloth on top of that.

I was counting on my refi to pay back that money, and if it doesn't, my window cleaning and pressure washing business would have to pay it back...so basically just by working. 

For example, I'm from the Wash DC area and love it there.

Time erases a lot of mistakes in real estate - IE if you can afford to hang onto something long enough you'll usually find the appreciation washes out all but the most egregious errors. 180k, if you're in a good neighborhood, is a pretty low housing cost these days and probably ripe for appreciation (caveat: I think turning a 3/1 into a 4/1 wasn't really a good strategy; people who have actual money want more bathrooms especially as house size increases).

Did they also do their homework before raising property taxes to fund Elorza’s mission to provide $50K of washing machines to the local high schools?  

Wash the history.