They also make locking caps for the high side low side ports to prevent the refrigerant from being stolen.

Now you could try to prevent them being an employee but making them sign an independent contractor agreement of sorts.

You would be looking at a short sale, and most lenders will have an arms length agreement involved preventing the sale of the home to a family member (Unless it's a reverse mortgage).

Lifelong, systemic lack of access to primary healthcare and nutrition, as well as environmental factors like pollution, can contribute to a higher likelihood of illness and death from the virus, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

If I were you, I would seriously consider your "WHY" and whether these investments are helping you meet your goals or preventing you from them.

Any renter can go bad at any time, there is not a lot a landlord can do to prevent some of these things, except do your best due diligence on the renters ahead of time to screen out applicants that can not or wont meet your criteria. 

We recently had the cold spell in Houston where we didn't have the proper precautions in place to prevent pipes from freezing.

The proper legal remedy for squatters is the wrongful detainer complaint that at least is a little quicker (but not in this Covid times when the Court is working at the minimum).Trying to prevent more people to suffer the consequences of this horrible Policy I wrote to the Mayor, to all the Council Members, to all the Baltimore City State representatives, to the State’s Attorney Office and to the same Police Department.

If you could not come up with the $60-70k to close on the home, then I would consider doing a cash-out refinance or a HELOC from one of the two free-and-clear properties to fund it.Further, because this is the lens that I see things through, I'd go ahead and refinance my free-and-clear properties to redeploy the capital AND create a stronger inflation hedge.So, it really does go back to your personal goals, because ^^ might seem unduly risky, unnecessary, or perfect. 

Hi everyone, I was reading online about professional renters. Some of them would claim the rental is uninhabitable. When a tenant makes a claim that the property is unfit to live in, landlords must refile with proof o...