They each found good jobs within a couple weeks of moving here and I used the up front payment to get ahead of some debts.Of course, I was a newbie landlord and it never occurred to me this might not be legal in my state (I still don't know if it is). 

For example, in my county after the tax sale occurs you have ten days that you can raise the bid on any property.

For example, much of the energy boom has occurred in the heartland, bolstering former fly-over locations, long  overlooked by investors.3.

To prevent that from occurring, it has been suggested that maybe we Realtor/Investors should have the sellers sign something that states that they do indeed know that we are going to flip this thing for a profit.

Focusing on price to rent ratios in smaller cities and towns in faraway corners of the state might cause you to miss out on where the true growth seems to be occurring - here in Denver.

I inform my tenants if they see a vehicle parked in the driveway that is unknown to call a towing company and have it hauled away... to my knowledge that has never occurred... 

There is no harm in asking.

Instead, we charge for damages as the occur or as they are discovered. 

Is it an arbitrary amount that makes remediation possible or is there some research that shows this amount is no more harmful than mites in my cheese (which has a several thousand year history)?

Is it the first 10 years where the growth of income occurs or the age 35 is the magic number.It does seem that most people who make changes to dramatically increase their income as an employee - moving for a job, transitioning into management, completing a degree for a profitable career change - do so in the first 10 years of their career.