You'll have to weed out the non-cash tire kickers.

The law will get tired of this and will contact the landlord.

Many owners are tired of hearing from investors and tired of having their time wasted.As an investor I have always felt that you still need to do your homework on a property and make a respectable offer.

I just had a tire kicker call about my rental.

Great topic and responses.Sharad & David, do you guys buy MLS or other sources like court house steps, tired landlords or directly from banks.How many of you guys are able to get a loan on an appraised value of an investment property, couple of banks I deal here in georgia they provide me loans 65% of purchase + rehab cost tried to get on the appraised value but flat out refused by the banks.Some of you guys look like you are getting on appraised value would like to know how do you approach banks to get that?

Of the other 99, a good 50 are tire kickers, and most of the others will go on to list their houses.

As far as the realtor thinks, you could just be a tire kicker.

I would probably piggy back some on Peter's idea and cite the lack of basic building knowledge some tenants have,  with interesting examples like....pulling out a dryer to get a lost quarter but disconnecting the vent inside the wall to then vent moist air into the framing causing expensive (thousands) rot repair.putting a tarp on junk (literally) but slanting the tarp angle right into the siding in rainy season (rotting your new siding--but preserving their worn out tires).attachments to clutter, rusty junk, semi-operational cars and illogical desire to retain said junk and debris.I sort of also fall back on the divide between some of the personal management skills of landlords and tenants (realizing it may be why they are tenants, for example). 

Shes getting older and is simply tired of being a homeowner.

I was at the age I couldn't afford Ramen noodles and when a tire on my old busted car went I was already floating a check.