He mentioned some clients would meet bankers for lunch at a fancy restaurant, the banker would leave his jacket at the back of his chair, walk to the bathroom, his client would slip an envelope with a bribe into the banker's jacket, and the banker would go back and arrange a deal with his colleagues to make the REO deal available.

He makes a pig's ear of it, but as he is fond of saying, the jacket of his book says "best-selling author."

I don't see that little niche factored into those reports. 30 years ago, if you wanted to call across country, you called after 10pm because it was a lot less expensive and you called from a phone with a cord on it that was attached to a wall. 30 years ago, the idea of a private person flying rockets into space and owning a battery operated car company would probably have gotten you put into a white jacket in a comfortable room somewhere in a place with a nice name like Bellevue. 30 years ago the idea of a self driving car was popular... on The Jetsons.

So renters insurance would alleviate headaches with these types of tenants, and not involve your insurance.In my case, the tenant claimed an expensive leather jacket worth $850.00 among other things was gone due to my flimsy locks.

It is non lethal, can be carried in your purse, or under a jacket.

Turns out, it's quite common in the Sun Valley areas for STR renters to purchase brand new entire ski gear (jackets,pants,skis,boots) for the entire family and just leave it in the rental when they left. 

That would add to the decision about renting to him.At least he did not say he was wearing a friend's jacket and, wow, a gun was in the pocket!

Hopefully we do not end up in a place there trading metal for paper become the equivalent of trading life jackets for paper on the titanic.

It can’t be selling real estate, because 1/10 of the REOs I see were owned by those top producers with gold jackets and high heels.

And he had on a jacket with a matching sweater.