Don't make the dog your problem, you can very professionally and respectfully; Tell them that it' their duty to control the dog and let them know that if it happens again, they are putting you in a position where, even though you don't want to, you HAVE to act.

The different opinions and experiences, whether positive or negative, are really inspiring and help me a lot to take the first concrete steps in the real estate industry.

I am bullish on Class C assets in Class A markets which I can re-position to Class B at a basis of 60% to new construction.

I liked the part where she talked about "making a bet" and how people change their position on how positive they are about an outcome.

Banks have said that they are not interested in being 2nd position on a non-owner occupied property. 

We were just notified that two tenants are subject to eviction, and one other tenant has given notice that they're vacating before we close on the property.This means that we could potentially be looking at a total of 4 vacancies, as opposed to the 1 vacancy we thought we'd have upon closing.

@Darren Nardo there has been lots of discussion about them on BP - you can see dozens of threads dedicated to them, as well as their responses to a lot of the posts, and different member's positive and negative experiences.

You may end up with a sizable gap if you just leave the wood floor that will be noticeable to your eventual buyer (renter, not so much).

Here in Florida as long as you give the tenant 24 hours notice you are allowed to enter. 

So, we recently came into some cash and are in a good position to make some additional real estate moves...trying to pick everyone's brains for some advice!