Actually, people paying a year's rent up front is fairly common and different ones do it for different reasons.

If an area says "No kids outside exercising or playing sports related games".... then everyone's hands are tied. 

My name is Stan and I’m a fairly new BP member.

But I thought you (and the rest) might also appreciate an attorney’s perspective on the enforceability of electronic transactions and records under Oklahoma law specifically.I see two separate legal issues at play here:ISSUE 1: ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS. 

I should probably wait to post until I'm settled a little bit, but I'm fairly anxious at this point.

Per Google: "A home appraisal is an unbiased estimate of the true (or fair market) value of what a home is worth."

My wife always calls the lender before she advises her client to accept an offer.. now to be fair I am the client most of the time.. :)but you know what I mean.. 

That falls right into line with some of the articles on here which suggested around $180/m per house.This house is in good condition and I still result with a fairly high budget.After all of my expenses (mortgage, taxes, insurance, maintenance, vacancy, pm, lease fee) I am left with a Net Cash Flow of $180/m.

My current tenant is very solid with way north of 3x income to rent and fairly clean credit but had to move for a job.  

Step 1 is ALWAYS downloading your state and local LL/tenant laws, putting them in a three ring binder and reading and knowing them.Step 2 is taking Fair Housing Training, either on-line or in person, so you do not violate the law and get sued.