I would bet had the robosigning thing not take place, you'd see the judicial states running about the same rates as the non-judicial states - meaning a fairly decent decrease year over year.I also wonder how these would look if you added short sales to the mix.

If we do need to honor the lease by law, is cash for key our best bet?

I bet the taxes are also calculated based on owner-occupied (you living in one side).

As for getting them out, agree that your best bet is to get a lawyers advice.

I bet that change alone and you see a big difference.

If you are looking to wholesale properties your best bet is to pull a list of cash buyers for the last 90 days and see what zip codes they are buying in.

Around here, you can't refinance a mortgage unless it's owner-occupied and in your name.

If I can't sell without capital gains, I guess I can do a 1031 when the buyer finally gets his refinance situation fixed.

I bet I've not written a dozen checks in the last five years.

You can't legally purchase the property during the owner occupant period (the first 15 days) until you plan to owner occupy the property for at least 1 year.If there was a legal way around this, you can bet that we'd all be doing it already...