A few things to keep in mind:- Making offers is generally not a very difficult or time-consuming process.

He disagreed completely citing a story of some tenants that used an iron to burn marks in his carpets in every room and poured cement down his drainsas well as took a hammer to all the tile in the bathroomsok horror tenants aside/my argument to putting niceties in the rental is to keep the rental rented,with the housing market the way it is there are a lot of rentals to chooose from what makes yours special I am not saying buy marble counter tops but maybe corian perhaps go to ikea and get a floating vanity instead of a pre purchased tub surround tile with 12x12 make your bathrooms look like a 4 star hotel or at least a three star.why?

The theory goes as the economy moves from expansion to contraction and back again, there are certain sectors of the market you need to be in, e.g. energy, consumer staples, tech, chemicals.

Kind of ironic that you are referencing an academic's theory to support the theory that learning theory is *potentially counterproductive.

It is a shame that many lenders fail to educate their applicants/consumers about lending practices and how credit card debts, student loans, car payments etc can affect their loan qualifications.

Here's the "Retail/Consumer" frontend of our MLS system:http://www.realtracs.com/PropertySearchMap.aspxAs you can see, this doesn't just include residential.http://www.realtracs.com/ChoosePropertyType.aspx?

It's is very time consuming.

Ironically, this one I have under contract was able to come with an offer contingent on financing.I started with the idea that I'd be investing locally, but after struggling so much to get an offer accepted I started to consider out of state real estate.

They deal with agent vs. consumer issues.

If you work as hard on your screening process (while still being consumer friendly) as you do on your rehabs, you'll be fine.K.I.S.S. concept, dude.