I carry extra insurance but I specifically say in my lease that my insurance does not cover any of their property and that they should carry their own insurance if they want to be covered.

The government wants private landlords to carry the burden of housing sub-par tenants knowing that if they allow evictions many would fall on the government to provide them subsidised housing.

The tongue on the toter keeps it from going forward/backward, but your jacks/jacking have to be done in a manner to keep it from going side to side depending on the lay of the land.

Nothing affects the reputation of a property management company more than the manner in which repairs are handled.

I have been loaning in some of those areas for better than 20 years and owned a bunch of those houses NOT by choice.. and I personally see this as pretty much an impossible task there are not enough like minded folks like you to carry the torch and get it done.

Tanning the leather for my shoes Making my shoes Making my own car Working on my own car Building my own house Growing my own food Carrying cash to pay for things instead of using the banking system Running my own water purification system and sewage treatment plants and on and on and on It doesn't matter if I could do all those things in only 16 hours each week leaving all that other time to do whatever else.

I think some very valid points were made and there is a benefit to carrying some debt on your home as mentioned in the article but here were my 2 concerns:1.

Padmapper is bravely carrying on under the threat of a lawsuit.

Get about 5 or so places and enough to carry my current lifestyle and focus on real estate full time.

You need to take care of these things so that you do not put them off, thwarting your chances of actually striking a good bargain: •De-clutter: Any home with a lot of clutter, that is to say, a house that has not used up its space in a proper manner stands very less chances of getting sold faster for a good price.