Bethany is definitely a more family friendly and relaxed atmosphere type town than a lot of the other Delaware/Maryland Beach towns.Prices in most of those towns have been exorbitantly high over the last few years, and it seems like the only way you could justify buying one as an investment is if you got a good deal and made it a really high functioning STR. 

if you did, she could not pay you and be justified. she reported a problem, she believed it to be a problem as well. you made the choice to pay to have someone out, You should've followed up and asked more questions before sending a repair guy out.

Conversely would second cause costs be justified if there are unpaid bills and costs remaining but are hard/impossible to collect?.

Unless there is a justifiable need for me to make an audio or video of a conversation, I would not do it.

Fees should be clearly stated, easy to understand, and justifiable.

some might cringe, but i do not collect a security deposit because in MA it's damn near impossible to justifiably keep it anyway lol. i have my local tenants pay first and last. per state law, the last month's rent & any sec dep is to be kept an interest-generating bank acct, and the interest is to be paid to the tenant when they leave. alternatively, you can cut them a check for like $50 at the end of each year. truth be told, i've never met a landlord who did this, or HAD one who did this when i was renting. always partner with a real estate attorney in your state with questions like this, especially if you're in a tenant-friendly state!

Because Hud is supposed to have paid it before marketing I pulled out of the deal because the numbers were tight to begin with and that would have put it over the top , I might have still made money on it but not enough to justify the risk ..

Just don't think there's enough $ to justify the need for another agent.

The way to "suede" an appraiser, is to provide better, more reasonable DATA and FACTS, to justify your opinion and hope the appraiser is reasonable enough to reevaluate their opinion.

With prices so high here locally we are struggling to justify the next purchase.