Never had one get stopped up and have never had a problem with them.

Only accept cash or a Cashier’s Check for credit checks and if you choose them as a tenant, make sure only cash or Cashiers Checks are acceptable, Otherwise they can stop payment on checks and money orders once they move in.

Anyone’s thoughts on whether we can access and change locks or not.

Yes it is easy to access equity and when a investor does he then has money that can be used to generate more income.

It stopped about a month after we closed escrow.

The contractor filed a lien for the bonus and stopped working, even though they didn't earn the bonus according to the contract. 

The emotional value she has knowing that we own a rental property free and clear (cash flowing $1000/month) with no debt owed to anyone (aside from county taxes) trumps leveraging that asset to acquire additional properties.Thankfully, the cashflow from that asset and our other properties will enable us to save the 20% down payment on another SFH by the end of the year when the local market cools down a bit.your wife is a smart lady..... everyone should have something to fall back on.. also one thing to note and its rarely mentioned and of course i am not saying this is going to happen.. but when a market corrects Heloc's can get called or frozen.. so you want to be careful with those .. thinking they are a piggy bank you can always access. 

During the 2008 meltdown, I knew of landlords who got into trouble when their tenants lost their jobs and stopped paying the rent.

Hi,I am a have a real estate salespersons license in Massachusetts and want to get access to MLS. 

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