They get them out and show while I'm talking to them, "have fun tonight, enjoy" then I say, oh, I need an emergency phone number to call you incase anything happens....I have a pen and my pocket notebook, you'd be surprised how many give me thier number!

We are about to close on property number 4 and are cultivating three other potential acquisitions.I few things I have learned during our short life as real estate investors and landlords:1) Running a real estate / {residential} rental business is a lot like running any business ... and it is also very different than other businesses.2) Purchasing rental real estate - at least the small 1-4 residential properties we've acquired thus far - is surprisingly far more difficult (for empirical geeks) than acquiring another business.

Also, I was surprised that the letters actually work!

We were pleasantly surprised when we visited them after closing.

Assuming the deceased was older you would be surprised what they have signed not knowing or understanding.

The FHA appraisal came in at $250k, which surprised us a bit... but more power to the buyer.

Was I surprised?  

lead: (chuckles w/ surprise at my directness) TOMORROW!

You'd be surprised how many areas allow for rur dev loans.Also, I believe that some traditional conventional loans allow less than 20% and then require PMI.

I only read the original post, mainly because no one knows your laws or customs.HOAs here usually overstep their authority, folks on the board usually have limited RE or legal experience.IMO, your denying access was overstepping by leaps and bounds, if you don't have the right to place a lien on the rights of ownership I'd bet you sure can't deny all the rights of ownership keeping them out.I'd be surprised if denying others to enter would be acceptable either.Seems if you know the guy is moving out that would be a good thing, he might sell it to someone more responsible.I suppose if your law says pay or go to jail, he'd be going to jail.