.: All of the online payment methods can be charged back (several months at once) by a dishonest tenant.

Just for the record, I have been ripped off by dishonest contractors and I have had tenants damage rental units and lie to my face. 

If you feel it's a violation and the tenant is being dishonest, give them written notice of an inspection within 24 hours and go verify yourself.

As Landlord's, we all have to learn the sad truth about people is that they are dishonest and will tell you anything in order to make themselves look good.

Old houses may have problems even if they're renovated and look pretty (a dishonest or unknowing seller could have old knob and tube wiring hiding behind nice updated kitchen and bathroom). 

They are dishonest to a fault and in the beginning you will think they will treat you like gold.

And @Omar Khan you make me think the same thing which is fairly disturbing to me because I've heard your name mentioned as a 'financial expert'  around multi-family properties.Are you saying that it's in anyway ok to be dishonest or mis-leading or immoral just because the banks are?

You can bid at the foreclosure auction the same as anybody else - you bid in the amount of your tax lien, any amount you bid above is handled on the same terms as everyone else's bid, i.e. cash.The public auction is the system of protection along with the right to pay off superior liens and sometimes the right of redemption that protects the mortgage lender.Cases of people obtaining high priced properties for tax lien value are rare, usually the result of foreclosures in small jurisdictions run dishonestly and without proper public disclosure.

My competitors are dishonest.

I've been looking at the area north of Caton and east of Johns Hopkins hospital.