This article is a must read on the subject: https://evict.com/releasing-cr...).Some key points:- At issue here is a federal law called the Fair Credit Reporting Act (so this applies in any US state or territory and does not vary from market to market).- Under the FCRA, your PM is a "Credit Reporting Agency" and as such they cannot (or at least should not) share credit reports with you or anyone else without exposing themselves to significant liability. 

there is no national body representing landlords. there should be a lawsuit or lawsuits filed. unfortunately to file a lawsuit costs money (including a retainer) which is why individually this makes no sense. there should be  class action lawsuit but I do not see attorneys lining up.

The March stats were just released and because competition is especially fierce with less than two weeks of inventory, these numbers are not typical... we saw an almost 7% increase in price from February to March and almost 20% price increase year-over-year.

I am just getting started in researching self storage, but I wanted to know if there are any safeguards a self storage owner/operator can have to protect them in case a tenant stores anything illegal in their storage unit (explosives, drugs, dead bodies, etc.). 

If they fail to perform, hold the earnest money until they sign a contract release.

Recently the CFPB released a notice of proposed rulemaking on that would amend Regulation X to provide a special pre-foreclosure review period prohibiting servicers from starting foreclosures until after December 31, 2021.

Have you considered refi into a conventional loan to release yourself from the owner occupied loan and then you’ll be able to purchase at a lower down payment % and rate. 

If I have a property renting at $2,000 a month and I am pay the PM 10%, that is $2,400 a year I am giving them and that doesn't include the re-lease/finders fee or any other of the fees associated. 

Denver March Stats were just released. 

That was the highest dollar volume among the six regions outlined in the report and was 26 percent above the region’s dollar volume registered in 2019.Charles Gilliland, research economist at the Texas Real Estate Research Center, says in a news release that rural land sales in the combined areas of Austin, the Hill Country, and Waco “exploded” in the second half of 2020.In the third quarter of last year, sales of small rural properties (10 to 50 acres) in that territory reached 1,103, marking the first time the region ever recorded more than 1,000 of those sales in a single quarter.