Relatively speaking.I like rubber tread for various reasons...

page=1#p171179That house you're buying is probably costing you a small fortune considering its location.

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I have lots of relatives up there.

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I would vet some banks to see if it is really as hard as your relative says before you just develop an entirely different strategy.

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I’m sure many people would argue against the expense of stainless and or hassles of in door water/ice fridges  In maybe a related or possibly unrelated tangent, I haven’t had a vacancy in more than 3 years and the average length is over 5 years spread over 12 SFR Vegas properties. 

But the property itself is too expensive relative to rents.