They consider that unauthorized deleading and it will prevent you from ever getting a lead cert.

We also have a pretty extensive pet addendum that spells out expectations of pet ownership and places responsibility on the tenant to ensure they are taking actions to prevent pet from being in a position to bite/attack someone. 

How can you have prevented those unforseen repair costs?

In arrears 14k (10/mo) Needs gone by mid January.Home has lots of potential and would like to prevent a foreclosure/short-sale.Is there a way to make this deal work with existing loan?

So, for all of us landlords (myself included) that are guilty of griping about these laws but taking little action to prevent them in the first place, THIS IS OUR CHANCE TO MAKE AN IMPACT BEFORE THE WORST LAWS YET ARE PASSED IN NEW YORK STATE.

If you don't want to learn the laws for lending, you will be better off giving your money to a professional and taking a modest return because you will end up loosing it, paying an attorney to prevent or clean up a mess, or violating the law.Take a fractional interest in a loan with a seasoned private lender. 

You always need to know how you're going to get out of that phase because it is the most expensive and prevents you from doing more deals. 

We just went through an ordeal with an "exclusive" buyer's agent who did all of the above and also tried to prevent us from buying a property that we liked. 

So, what's preventing you from picking up the phone and reaching out to a few that appeared prequalified on face and see what kept them from your property. 

I believe it tends to give me a slightly lower return, because the sponsor is going to be more careful, and if there is a severe downturn will prevent me from taking catastrophic losses.