All the time asking for daily extensions because they don't allow you to have utilities on for more than 72 hours.In the end, I didn't turn the gas on to check the water heater or furnace.

In this instance I am holding 1.5 months deposit ($1,725).  

I wrote a cheque because the bank dropped the ball on the mortgage paperwork twice and asked for a 5-day extension the second time.The bank later righted themselves and "cheerfully" {well, maybe not quite} advanced the mortgage (80% LTV, 25-year amort, 5-year term @2.9%) and ate all additional disbursements and expenses we incurred.

I entertain the idea for a little bit and have had some extensive conversations with this person, and as much as they are trying to say they are not a scammer and it's a legitimate investment, I'm not comfortable with the situation and will not be doing business with this person.

After investigating we found damage or missing downspout extensions.  

The IC agreement usually spells out that any agent reduction in commission has to be approved first by the brokerage and also that the reduction will not come off of the brokerages side.So for instance if you were set at 3% off 100k to make 3,000 and had a 50/50 split with the company here is what would likely happen.

In Oregon for instance one city ban's nightly rentals  No Air BnB  you must have a permit to do this and they only give out a small hand full.This also illustrates clearly that when you buy rentals that are going to be section 8 your property is what it is and will never really go anywhere as for good bad or indifferent you are on the face lower the perception and reality of the area... so when you look at what's happened in the last 20 years were rental business has exploded into mom and pops you have whole sections of towns and cities that will go through and have gone through exactly what this article describes.The only time this reverses is if like this property its a big complex and the owners have the right to do this... or if its SFR in an area of a city that is regentrifing @Ben Leybovich  watching the move Thomas Crown Affair when I was on the stair master and the lead female ( Rene Russo) character was born and raised in Lima Ohio... how random is that.

She told me she took the carpet out due to the leak.After extensive discussion, we mutually agreed that she would move out on August 31st.

A great mission is one of the fundamental reasons people find success in most endeavors.For instance, I love all aspect of real estate because, I believe this is a highly incentivized field.  

My top picks -* Garden hose used as plumbing behind a wall* Extension cord used for electric...behind a wall* A vanity with a garden hose snaked from outside the house to the sink... dumping into a home depot bucket.