Then the evening after he broke in and stole something, they parked at the front of the yard, honk repeatedly, and when I looked out, they had their windows down, smiled & waved and drove away.The parking, honking, and waving happened any time he did something.

Livonia and Westland is where I look predominantly because properties in these areas still tend to cashflow and still have a healthy potential for appreciation.

No light or noise coming through windows, as well as skiing all day (again, CO) followed by generous meals and healthy amounts of wine probably helped with that.Nice pickup on the Dylan!

Just a short list of things we do which differentiate us in our market:Utilities Budget - provides tenants with single payee {us} for rent and utilities, but keeps them accountable for their utilities consumption;Energy efficient & healthy homes - especially amongst our student rentals, we are developing a reputation for units in which the utilities are far less than the competition."

At the end of the day cash flow in the mid west is a JOB with the goal to get your houses paid off and then when they are paid off your golden and retired and smiling...

Just nod occasionally and smile a lot.

Wrap your existing loan for a healthy spread on any remaining equity.

Listening to my favourite music and grabbing a Chic-fil-A biscuit (we all know how good they are) on the way to the bank, nothing was going to bring me down... or so I thought.Finally getting to there and seeing plenty of happy smiles ready to sign me up for a loan, I thought with a 763 Credit Score and 50k worth of savings, I was in the drivers seat.When we started sharing information, everything was golden until we came to my work history.  

If the school district is top rated, then you should always have a healthy stable of renters. 

I just think you have to give them something to do - like a healthy, smart person they'll go loopy if they have nothing to occupy them.I think dogs are much more nurture vs nature as far as poor behavior goes - most people have no clue about how to train dogs so they're safer with small breeds - a small 'bad' dog isn't gonna do as much damage as a large one :roll: