We attend the christening or first birthday party if invited.We give gift cards for the Holidays.We help decorate for the Holidays and contribute to community potlucks/BBQs (at our 8-plex).We have a "make it your own home" policy, whereby we give approval for a reasonable modification to the property, such as painting a room, changing out a light fixture, etc.We prepare a "move-in packet" which includes information to orient them to the property (property rules, utility contact information, change of address form, our contact information, etc. ) and also information about the neighborhood, such as a walking/trail map of the local area, chamber of commerce welcome information, a list of nearby amenities (including medical, shopping, restaurants, schools, parks), menus for local pizza delivery services, coupons for local businesses, etc.We prepare a "move-in gift" which consists of a bucket of our favorite cleaning supplies and a reusable shopping bag with starter supplies of paper products, a "Zip-It" hair snare for clearing sink drains, a toilet plunger, a cutting board, approved hanging devices (picture hooks), a door mat and a shoe tray.We supply light bulbs for all permanent light fixtures for the duration of the tenancy, including specialty bulbs for appliances and chandeliers.

In either case you and your partner will be the responsible parties on the loans.You will have to wait for 6 month seasoning to get a new appraisal and get the loans based on that.Your ability to get either of these loans will depend on your experience, your personal credit worthiness and financials, property cash flow and your rate of acquisition.

Most sellers would not have the ability to report to a credit bureau, so it probably wouldn't have any effect. 

If I were him, I wouldn't return your escrow deposit either, since you entered into the contract with no ability to execute it. 

or a good way of going about contacting the home owner and seeing if there is a way to buy directly from them or resolve whatever issue is causing the foreclosure ( be it behind on payments or behind on taxes) in a manner that gives me rights to their property/ the ability to rent it out and somehow pay them a fair amount that avoids foreclosure .. technically making us BOTH owners of the property.. how can i legally get my name on the deed along with them by buying in and avoiding the foreclosure..

I almost considered returning a partial deposit just to get her out of my hair.

If you too want to earn handsome amount of returns, then you need to take right help from right people.Have A Track At Your Credit ReportTo correctly determine your ability to invest in the real estate, you need to have a proper estimation of your credit report.

Explain to him why you need to maintain the ability to access the unit at any time in the event of an emergency. 

As far as actually being a landlord we have completely rehabbed a home and do have the ability to do some of these things.

Regardless of my build or ability to 'defend myself against an attacker,' (as my Dad would say), doing showings is simply part of the gig.So my question is this, to all of you that must take this into consideration like myself - how do you go about doing a showing or open house in the safest way possible?