@George Kopp I have not seen anyone mention, or any consideration of alternative privacy options than blinds.There is some amazing items, for very cheap, that a person can find online now that is rather easy to apply to glass that can make it obscure, obscure with patterns, recreate stained glass that's obscure, prismatic to make some rather cool light affects.

you will need to have a set of criteria you apply to all applicanants, for example (and just a number here) credit score above xyx, job held for over 2 years, 3 references, employment verification etc, income at least 3xrent  what is your criteria for your area and the value of the house you are trying to protect.Let them mow the grass, but if this is a nice home in a nice class B or class A you might want to service the lawn and put down weed preventer, etc when appropriate. 

Just read the term and seen it just applies to multi family.

Whatever you want to do post your number, first, lets have a look and don't forget that a huge chunk of your mortgage payment is applied to the principal and this makes a huge difference when crunching your numbers.But...I still try to stay away from single-family homes when the home will not appreciate in value, substantially, but as a previous BP member posted, you still may be better off buying than renting if that is your only choice and cannot buy an investment property that generates a profit almost exponentially compared to a single family home for your personal residence.

-----------------OHSA does not apply to residential property owners Bruce.

This webpage is built around Kiyosaki's idea, so it got my attention, since they (Luis, Eduardo, and Pablo) claim to have found the solution on how to apply "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" technique to the Mexican reality.

Some counties have laws that prevent you from bringing in new homes without their approval after the sites have sat vacant...if they were never developed, I'm not sure if this will apply. 

The phrase “don’t put all your eggs in one basket” applies directly to this concept, as spreading your investment across a broad spectrum is how investors balance risk and reward in their investment portfolio.

He applied for it and has been promising me that I would get paid but this has been going on for more than a month.Now he owes me both November and December rent and is ignoring me.

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