What counts is the financing.

He was very pleasant.It looks like they are going to be persistent about getting their count.

I think you can pretty much count on tenants not watering, So sprinklers would seem to be the better route.

James - Thanks, I have seen that and I counted 60% "maintenance ratio", because as I said in the first post, we like to be pessimistic about our potential profits.

I can't count how many phone calls I got on my properties where they said how beautiful it looked online.

To that end, having a tenant that is the government is a plus AND a minus.The plus is that the lender can safely count on the rent being paid each month.

I've seen properties with tax records reflecting the same bed/bath count yet that same property had been red tagged for illegal additions.

I don't think I would count on it until it was available, so I wouldn't payoff any investment properties unless I had no better use of funds.You can always sweeten the deal for a lender by using other properties for collateral to acquire another property.

Your family member would have to agree to do a short sale, which may trigger it being counted as income by the IRS.You could just do a signature loan or promissory note that isn't recorded post closing.

I've discussed with other contractors and they say the job could be done in a couple weeks rather than 3 months and counting. believe me i wish we didn't have this rent thing over our heads so we could just discuss the current situation.