Hello All,As I continue to deal with a difficult retail tenant in our family’s retail center, I wanted to get some input from the community as to what route, you as a landlord would take.Details:Property Type: RetailCurrent Lease: 3 Years (ending soon) with an option to renew for another 3 (clause states that everything for the renewal will remain the same, except for the amount of rent.Tenancy: Has been renting from us for 10+ yearsOther info.

I do find it interesting that latino neighborhoods tend to gentrify over african-american neighborhoods (with the exception of Hyde Park). 

The following is also listed:a.This note shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of _____________.a.This note may not be amended or modified except by a written agreement signed by the Borrower and Lender. 8.

You'd need to ask a tax pro to confirm but initially that sounds like something you'd only do if you're married but filing separately, which typically doesn't work out as well as filing jointly except certain situations.

We have the same problem in Norway except most people have no idea about it.

(Except, you'll already be out of pocket thousands, with no deals!)

@Grant Rothenburger thank you, my numbers won't be exceptional, but it's a hurdle and takes guts to get started and in the game.

Curious to know what everyone else uses for checkout instructions.Getting ready to make some minor updates to my rental agreement that renters electronically sign/agree to when the rent on HA/VRBO.I can't find a way to do this on Airbnb except to add it to rules section.

There is usually some protections in place for owner occupieds on a deficiency judgment for forgiveness of the balance, but as far as I know, there is no flexibility for investors who short sale to eliminate that debt after closing.....except bankruptcy....which is WORSE because that stays on your credit for 10 years (even though you can purchase again in as little as 2 years).Foreclosure would be another way to eliminate the deficiency, but even then, depending on your state, and how they secured the debt, that isn't always a given either.No great options here. 

In general, the park has to approve the tenant too.The park fee can be higher than local condo fees running in the $500+/month range here in the Plymouth / Carver area where I recently sold one and have another under contract.The other interesting feature is that there is no obvious distinction in our MLS (MLS PIN) between a manufactured home and a trailer home, except for verbiage in the listing description.