(Hopefully if you don't use the CAR lease then your lease has a similar clause that holds the tenant responsible for toilet/plumbing clogs/blockages that they cause.)So, as you can see, there's far too many variables to give you a simple answer as to when to authorize the afterhours service calls and when not to. 

In the sale of a REO in the mls, not on an auction site, yes owner occupants have an exclusive period in many/most cases.

Agreed, keep it simple and start the lease Aug 1.

., simple.....

Having said that, its not quite as simple as the 1% rule,  Rules like this are good weed out for those of us that look through large numbers of deals at a time and need a fast way to determine what to spend time on and what not to.  

There are many online sites where you can pay$65ish and they will send you a fabricated letter.

Welcome to the site Adam.

Hello and welcome to this site Vinog!   

This is a simple effective strategy to pick out deals and makes it easy to run through a list of potential properties . 

.- Jobs (growth, stability, etc)- Schools- Population growth or lackthereof - Rent Rates- Sales Prices- New home sales/ build volume (market saturation) - CrimeA good macro site is City-data.com but you will surely want to get feelers out into the local economy as well to determine the above.