No, seriously, I imagine a Realtor wants the same thing in an investor that they want in a prospective homeowner, the means and desire to purchase a home.

That's why the Sun-Belt states have good prospects and the Rust-Belt does not.

There is a great thread on tenant screening here: http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/52/topics/14637-how-do-you-screen-prospective-tenants- I learned to seek out BP members who have a lot of experience in areas that I want to learn.

I haven't seen many good deals (in fact some selling for way more than I expect) at court house sales so I have been straying away from that prospect.

You still have to properly screen your prospects and you can still enforce your lease/policies just as with any other tenant.

The world will be a much better place when we can see everything from a global prospective rather than the narrow national interest view point.

Many of you have probably seen a version of the "yellow letter" campaigns that are so popular with investors for getting a good response from prospects that they mail to.

In the tenants eyes, she just dealt with the very real prospect of her child dying in a fire.

If it has a great reputation and has prospects for continuing to increase its client base, it may have a premium over existing income.

I have a much easier time presenting ideas, and showing the +'s and -'s when sitting in front of the prospective client.