If you are going to do a bad job or can earn more in your own time than the amount you need to pay in labor to complete the task than I completely agree.

The upper unit tenant has 4 cats and smells quite bad, so I've asked my realtor to check on their lease so that I know how I could proceed with removing the tenant so that I can do a rehab.   

All the info you get off cozy is much more valuable that anything they write down on the paper application, plus tenant tend to only tell you the good things and lie about the bad.

Its not a 'war zone'  but it is close to Avon Ave (which has a bad history)..

If you can't make it to NIS, don't forget about that small (500+ signups + 34 speakers) online note convention event taking place for the 5th time this Thursday-Saturday!  

Living rooms aren't that bad except for the HDTV.

They will NOT change.I am sorry you are going through this, but you need to understand this is the result of bad decisions, not bad luck.

But these are also excellent opportunities for bad actors to collect money from a buyer and then fail to deliver when the contract is fulfilled. 

Call the number in the image below (BiggerPockets wouldn't let me put a phone number in the text so I had to upload an image file).Wait until the Spanish speaker speaks and the English speaker speaks again, then press 2, then 4, then 2, and you should be able to be connected to somebody or sign up for a call back (the latter probably being a better idea this time of year).

It's possible that the lender may do a little better if they list them each individually but foreclosure seems like a bad path for them.