They all (in my experience) require the borrower to have some skin in the game.

Which leaves 1/3 rent outstanding plus a late fee for December 2012 and all of January 2013 + late fee due.Despite several emails/calls, I don't get replies or call backs.Is their any difference on pay or quit / eviction process for office commercial for Baltimore city Maryland.

Now, you are obviously not going to be buying an REO with owner financing, which means that you will leave the houses in the MLS for somebody else and go looking where other investors don’t look.

I have 21 on the list Jon so I think 4 people made it out without leaving their contact information for correspondence on the next one.

An odor removal attempt that is even 80% effective will still leave you with an undesirable smell, one that you don’t want to sleep on or wear.Your local damage restoration professionals should offer smoke odor removal as one of their many services.

It just takes time to learn enough where you don't lose your shirt, IMO.Financing is a big hurrdle, complying with the wishes of the neighbors and community, some can't get past the city council or building regs folks as they are frankly, scared to have a new developer fail and leave a mess.

He leaves, and the agreement is his wife is to pay the mortgage.

The other thing you can ask for is a cosigner from someone with better credit.Usually they move on to another landlord with lower standards but I have people jump through my hoops and with the extra "skin in the game" they have been better than average tenants.

I've only been to 2 meetings, but I leave there full of info, pumped up & motivated!

If he has, great, leave it in the expenses as a negotiating item while knowing that it is an expense that won’t recur.