You make it sound like it is a bad thing.I think it is wicked !

One bad tenant can easily approach 20K in damages and you need to insure your expense calculations are based on the life of the property not just the next 12 months.

For people who lived in Cleveland when he left; was the decline in the economy bad?

Be courteous and helpful but explain you will not tolerate late rent or bad behavior and you will be golden.

She sounds like a great tenant and I'm sure nothing bad will come from  you helping her out but you want to make sure you're protected.

bad or broken English... 

However, a few tax advisers (some famous, like Gary Sutton) consider purchasing real estate properties (a tax advantaged asset) within a SDIRA (a tax advantaged account) a bad proposition, on the idea the two of them nullify each other and lose the tax advantages (like depreciation).Therefore, I'm looking for people with experience with SDIRA's and using them for real estate investing - is it a good strategy or not?

Problem is finding a licensed contractor who won't nit pick and/or bad mouth the previous contractor because you didn't use a licensed guy in the first place.

other than for rental purposes we are cutting way back on flipping for retail.we are concentrating on ground up.. less competition more certainty in cost to build.I am done tearing into a 100 year old house only to discover bad things.

I suppose you could lie and hope you don't get caught, but that is illegal, unethical, and starting out your REI career with some bad ju-ju.However, let's set a hypothetical scenario where the LL, Jane Doe, will allow you to sublet.